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Lifting the Fish Pound, Orient Bay, Long Island, New York, 1876
18⅛ x 29⅞ inches
Signed lower left: Edward Moran; on verso: Edward Moran, 1876; on stretcher bar: Orient Bay Lifting the Fish Pound
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Provenance
Private collection
Howard Sturgis, London, by descent from above
Pamela Johnson, Yarmouth, Maine, gift from above, ca. 1995
Sale, Barridoff Auctions, South Portland, Maine, August 6, 2004, lot 109, from above
Private collection, Colorado, acquired from above
Sale, Christie’s, New York, New York, January 18, 2023, lot 316, from above
Related Works
Fishing Boats Beating up to Windward, ca. 1858, oil on canvas, 29¾ x 45 inches; Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
Fishing Village, New York Harbor, ca. 1875, oil on canvas; Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida
Note: In this painting, Edward Moran depicts the pound fisheries off the Long Island coast. The technique, which involves a complex series of nets attached to wooden poles, had become a prosperous business by the time of this painting.
