Fisherman
Artist
Louis Michel Eilshemius
(American, 1864 - 1941)
Dateca. 1910-1913
MediumOil on pressboard; mounted on Masonite
DimensionsUnframed: 15 1/16 x 25 1/16 inches (38.26 x 63.66 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. James N. Rosenberg
Object number53-1
SignedSigned lower right of the center: Elshemus.
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionIn foreground and center, stream in dark tones of green and blue. River banks with umber-leaved trees; high bluff, left, with small fisherman at base. Tiny figure of woman on right bank. Serpentine yellow self-frame.Published ReferencesWilliam Schack, And He Sat among the Ashes (New York: Ameri
can Artists Group, 1939), 146; NAMA 1959, 256; NAMA 1973,
251.
can Artists Group, 1939), 146; NAMA 1959, 256; NAMA 1973,
251.
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