The Fisherman and the Mermaid
Elihu Vedder, American, 1836 - 1923
1879
Oil on canvas
Overall: 16 9/16 × 28 9/16 in. (42 × 72.5 cm)
Frame: 23 7/8 × 35 3/4 in. (60.6 × 90.8 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Dana and Miroslav J. Polak
P.982.53
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Painting
Research Area
Painting
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed and dated, lower left: E. Vedder - 1879
Course History
WGST 51.8, The Femme Fatale in Literature, Film, and Myth, Paul Carranza, Spring 2014
Exhibition History
American Art at Dartmouth: Highlights from the Hood Museum of Art, William B. Jaffe and Evelyn A. Jaffe Hall Galleries, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, June 9-December 9, 2007.
American Viewpoints: Painting and Sculpture from the Hood Museum of Art, Timken Museum of Art, San Diego, California, May 5-August 31, 2003.
Israel Sack Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, February 2, 2015.
Israel Sack Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, June 1, 1993-March 10, 1996.
Israel Sack Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, September 16, 1999-April 17, 2001.
Israel Sack Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, September 19, 2003-August 21, 2006.
Recent Acquistions: Carracci to Warhol, Lower Jewett Corridor, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October-December 1983.
Publication History
Treasures of the Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 1985, p. 113, no. 100.
Barbara J. MacAdam, American Art at Dartmouth: Highlights from the Hood Muesum of Art, Hanover: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 2007, p. 61, no. 40.
Provenance
Probably sold to Mrs. Lorenzo G. [or E.] Woodhouse, 1878; to Mr. S[teve] S. Cumming[s]; on extended loan to the Brooklyn Museum of Art, 1909-1936; given to Anita Vedder, 1938;...; Dana and Miroslav J. Polak, Burbank, California; given to present collection, 1982.
Catalogue Raisonne
Probably Regina Sonia, "Elihu Vedder, American visionary artist in Rome (1836-1923)," Rutherford, New Jersey: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1970, no. 332.
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