<I>Gone Fishing</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1950s
name: label: Attributed to
content: Clementine Hunter, American, ca. 1886 - 1988
label: Subject of
content: Melrose Plantation, American, founded 1832
notes: label: Description
content: An oil painting depicting a fishing scene in rural Louisiana. At the top of the painting is a band of blue sky. Below the sky are two horizontal rows of people in boats, fishing. In the top row, there are two trees, two boats, and two more trees. Both boats face to the left. In the boat at the left, the figure in the front of the boat is wearing a white hat and holding a fishing pole, and the person behind is wearing a brown hat and holding an oar. In the boat at the right, the person standing in the front of the boat is wearing a white hat and holding a fishing pole, and the person behind is wearing yellow, holding a yellow parasol in their right hand, and the oar in their left hand. In the bottom row, there is a boat, a tree, another boat, and another tree. Both boats face to the right. In the boat at the left, the figure in the back of the boat is wearing a white hat and holding an oar, and the person in front of the boat is wearing yellow and a brown hat, and is holding a fishing pole with a fish on the line. In the boat at the right, the person in back is wearing blue and a black hat, and the person in front is standing, wearing a yellow shirt, brown trousers and a brown hat, and is holding a fishing pole. The background behind the fishing boats is not painted, showing the surface of the pasteboard. The painting is signed "CH" at the lower right.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Art
label: Topic
content: Foodways
label: Topic
content: Rural life
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Visual Arts
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Rand and Dana Jack family, in honor of Rand's grandmother, Blythe Rand, who early recognized and supported the special talents of Clementine Hunter
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.176.3
objectType: label: Type
content: oil paintings
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Cane River Art Corporation
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: oil paint on fiberboard
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (Framed): 24 1/16 × 31 13/16 × 1 3/8 in. (61.1 × 80.8 × 3.5 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (Unframed): 16 × 24 × 3/16 in. (40.6 × 61 × 0.4 cm)