Pull for the Shore
Artist
John George Brown
(American, 1831-1913)
Date1878
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsOverall: 34 1/8 x 56 1/8 in. (86.7 x 142.6 cm)
Overall, Frame: 39 1/2 x 61 1/2 in. (100.3 x 156.2 cm)
Overall, Frame: 39 1/2 x 61 1/2 in. (100.3 x 156.2 cm)
ClassificationsAmerican art
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.552
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On viewLabel TextJohn George Brown American, 1831–1913 Pull for the Shore, 1878 Oil on canvas In this ideal of teamwork, old and young row in unison to bring their tiny craft home through swelling seas. John George Brown based Pull for the Shore on sketches made on Grand Manan Island off the far northern coastline of Maine. Each face is a portrait of a local fisherman whom Brown met and sketched, but this epic New England battle of man against nature also may address American politics of the Reconstruction era. Following decades of sectional conflict and the violence of the Civil War, North and South struggled in the 1870s to heal the nation’s wounds and work together toward a prosperous future. Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 71.552
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