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N.C. Wyeth
(American, 1882 - 1945)
Herring Gut
Alternate Title(s)
- Herring Gut Harbor; Harbour, Port Clyde
1932
36 1/4 × 40 1/8 in. (92.1 × 101.9 cm)
82.20
Gift of John Biggs III, Charles R. Biggs, and Anna B. Pierce, 1982
Not on view
In 1920, Wyeth purchased a sea captain’s house in Port Clyde, Maine; by late in the decade, he found in the coastal scenery and the hearty fisherman renewed inspiration for his personal, non-commissioned work. Here in this view of the harbor at Port Clyde, Wyeth used a skewed perspective, an exaggerated roll of the hills and a bright palette to cast a modernist sheen over a setting that was far removed from "modern"—the industrial or urban scene.
