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Catalogue entry
332
Shad Fishermen No. 2
Alternate title: Shad Net (Shad Fishermen)
1938
Oil on canvas
34 x 40 3/16 in. (86.36 x 203.7 cm)
Signed lower left: John Folinsbee
Private collection
Provenance
CIGNA Museum and Art Collection, Philadelphia
Private collection, 2004
Exhibitions
1939 Corcoran
The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 16th Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil Paintings, May 26, 1939, no. 33, as Shad Fishermen No. 2.1939 Ferargil
Ferargil Gallery, New York, Paintings by John Folinsbee, October 16–30, 1939.1940 Ferargil
Ferargil Gallery, New York, Paintings by John Folinsbee, December 1940.1968 Art Association Harrisburg
Art Association Harrisburg, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, John Folinsbee and Charles Rudy, February 4–24, 1968.1981 Richard Stuart
Richard Stuart Gallery, Pipersville, Pennsylvania, John Folinsbee: His Changing Landscape and Industrial Modernism, 1981.1982 NJSM
New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, New Jersey, The Paintings of John Folinsbee, October 30, 1982–January 9, 1983, no. 31, Courtesy Insurance Company of North America [CIGNA] Museum.1995 Michener
James A. Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, A Retrospective, March 25–June 18, 1995, no. 3, lent by CIGNA Museum and Art Collection.2010 Woodmere Art Museum Phila
Woodmere Art Museum, John Folinsbee and American Modernism, November 6, 2010–March 6, 2011. (Jensen 2010).Published References
Art News 1939
A. M. F. "Brilliant Atmosphere by Folinsbee; Hubert Davis." Art News 38 (October 28, 1939).Cook 1994
Cook, Peter G. John Folinsbee. New York: Kubaba Books, 1994, p. 95, color ill.Jensen 2010
Jensen, Kirsten M. John Folinsbee and American Modernism. Philadelphia: Woodmere Art Museum, 2010. Exhibition catalogue (2010 Woodmere Art Museum Phila), p. 25, color ill.; p. 267, cat entry.Sozanski 2010
Sozanski, Edward. "Shifting Landscapes of a New Hope Artist." Philadelphia Inquirer, December 12, 2010. 2010, p. h6, color ill.Higgins 2011
Higgins, Edward. "John Folinsbee." ICON, p. 8, color ill.Jensen 2011
Jensen, Kirsten M. "John Folinsbee and American Modernism." American Art Review (February 2011), p. 96, color ill.Jensen 2013
Jensen, Kirsten M. Folinsbee Considered. Hudson Hills Press, 2013, p. 110, color ill.; p. 267, cat entry.Record last updated June 18, 2014. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Jensen, Kirsten M. ""Shad Fishermen No. 2, 1938 (JFF.332)." In John F. Folinsbee Catalogue Raisonné. www.johnfolinsbee.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=332 (accessed on May 18, 2024).