Location

not on view

Fun Fact

Commercial and recreational fishing for now endangered American shad is currently prohibited on the Hudson River.

Description

Located about 40 miles north of New York City, Haverstraw Bay is the widest point on the Hudson River. During the 1860s, it was a prime area for shad fishing, and Gifford’s painting records this activity taking place amid a delicately luminous morning haze.

Inscriptions

Inscription

Signed lower left: S.R. Gifford

Provenance

Theodore Weston (about 1867-68) [possibly];

-1965

(Vose Balleries, Boston, MA, sold to Dr. and Mrs. Paul J. Vignos)

1965-2011

Dr. and Mrs. Paul J. Vignos, Jr. Chagrin Falls, OH by bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art

2011-

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Citations

Gifford, Sanford Robinson, and John Ferguson Weir. A Memorial Catalogue of the Paintings of Sanford Robinson Gifford. New York: Olana Gallery, NY: 1974. Reproduced: p. 33, no. 33

Weiss, Ila. Sanford Robinson Gifford (1823-1880). Ann Arbor, MI: Xerox University Microfilms, 1977. Mentioned: p. 271-271; Reproduced: VII K 6

Weiss, Ila. Poetic Landscape: The Art and Experience of Sanford R. Gifford. Newark, NJ: University of Delaware Press, 1987. Reproduced: p. 263

Cole, Mark. "A Focused Look.” Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine 61, no. 1 (Winter 2021) 16. Reproduced and Mentioned: P. 16.

Exhibition history

Stories From Storage. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 7-May 16, 2021).