Boys Hunting Crabs, September Morning, Suffolk Coast, England
Artist
Willard Leroy Metcalf
(American, 1858-1925)
CultureAmerican
Date1885
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsOverall: 13 7/8 x 25 3/4 in. (35.2 x 65.4 cm)
InscribedSigned and dated lower left: W.L. Metcalf 1885
Credit LineGift of Perry and Bunny Morgan
Object number97.11
Not on view
DescriptionThis painting depicts two boys in a body of water, one stands while the other lies upon a bit of land to peer into the water. There are buildings and a windmill in the background.Label TextWillard Leroy Metcalf American (1858-1925) Boys Hunting Crabs, September Morning, Suffolk Coast, England, 1885 Oil on canvas Gift of Perry and Bunny Morgan 97.11 ProvenancePrivate collection, Fla.; Gift of Perry and Bunny Morgan to the Chrysler Museum of Art, 1997. Exhibition History"Behind the Seen: The Chrysler's Hidden Museum," Large Changing Gallery, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va., October 21, 2005 - February 19, 2006. Published ReferencesMartha N. Hagood and Jefferson C. Harrison, _American Art at the Chrysler Museum: Selected Paintings, Sculpture, and Drawings_ (Norfolk, Va.: Chrysler Museum of Art, 2005), 115, no. 70. ISBN: 0-940744-71-6
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