Painting
- Title:
- Ice Fishing
- Object Name:
- Painting
- Object ID:
- 2014.035.02
- Creator:
- Gagnon, Ellie B. (1906-2001)
- Place of Origin:
- Jaffrey, NH
- Date:
- 1988
- Description:
- Painting, Ice Fishing, by Ellie B. Gagnon (1906-2001), Jaffrey, NH, 1988. Oil on artist board (Duro canvas panel). Frozen pond with two men and one woman fishing through holes in the ice. Raccoon holding fish, lower left foreground. Three bobhouses and ice skater in distance. Yellow house, white building, snow-covered conifers, and hills in background. Wispy white clouds in blue sky. Signed "ELLIE B. GAGNON - 88", lower right. Ink inscription on reverse: "ELLIE B. GAGNON / ICE FISHING / 1988. Framed.
- Material:
- Paper
Textile - Dimensions:
- H-13.9 W-17.9 inches
- Provenance:
- One of a group of works of folk art that were identified and collected by Robert M. and Joan B. Doty in the mid 1980s in preparation for the exhibition and publication "By Good Hands: New Hampshire Folk Art," presented at the Currier Gallery of Art, University of New Hampshire Art Gallery, and the Hood Museum of Art from 1989 through 1990.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Joan B. Doty
- People:
- Gagnon, Ellie B. (1906-2001)
- Subjects:
- Folk Art, Ice fishing, Winter, Ice skating, Ice skaters, Snow, Raccoons, Fish
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