Giclee
"The Stanley Unloads a Swordfish" by Holden Wetherbee
- Item Number
- 203
- Estimated Value
- 350 USD
- Sold
- 110 USD to suetremblay
- Number of Bids
- 1 - Bid History
Item Description
Artist Holden Wetherbee, who came to Block Island in the late 1940s, created murals and paintings for the Highview Hotel that portrayed an island-based fishing industry that would soon go away.
Based on observations both ashore and aboard the fishing boat STANLEY, Wetherbee shows us, in this giclee from a group pf works donated by Jack Lynch, author of "Wetherbee's Block Island - Paintings From the 1940s", how swordfish were hunted in Rhode Island waters with harpoons. Netting swordfish began to catch on in the 1950s, and by the ‘70s hunting swordfish with “sticks” was just a memory.
In this work, Wetherbee shows pipe-smoking Gene Stinson guiding a swordfish carcass being hoisted by his son Stanley (for whom the boat was named.) Junior Milikin, another island fisherman, enjoys his pipe while standing on the dock as tourists take in the entire scene.
Item Special Note
This matted and framed giclee measures 21"H x 21"W
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