Fisherman’s Hut, Siberia

Dateca. 1899

Maker Robert Swain Gifford American, 1840 - 1905

Object number2019.7

ProvenanceThe artist; Estate of the artist; sold to James Beck, Solicitor General of the United States, 1905; {possibly by descent to his children, 1936}; sold to John D. Egan, Wilmington, Delaware, ca. 1960; sold to [McClees Gallery, Ardmore, Pennsylvania, by 1980]; sold to private collection, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, ca. 1980; sold to [McClees Gallery, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, 2018]; purchased by Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 2019

Photo CreditPhoto: Scott Leen

Exhibition HistoryNew York, New York, American Art Galleries, Works in Oil and Watercolor by the Late R. Swain Gifford, 1906. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, American Art: The Stories We Carry, Oct. 20, 2022 - ongoing.Published ReferencesBicentennial Inventory of American Paintings Executed Before 1914. Washington, D.C.: National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution, 1976. Frick Art Reference Library, New York, 1976. Subject of painting listed in inventory as “Eskimo Fisherman’s Hut, Plover Bay, Siberia (Harriman Alaska Expedition 1899).” Works in Oil and Watercolor by the Late R. Swain Gifford. New York: American Art Galleries, 1906, cat. no. 77. Pierce, Jerald. "How Seattle Art Museum is working to make its American art galleries more inclusive." The Seattle Times, October 25, 2022: reproduced, https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/visual-arts/how-seattle-art-museum-is-working-to-make-its-american-art-galleries-more-inclusive. [A version of this article appeared in print on October 30 with the headline: "Re-imagining American art: Seattle Art Museum offers a more expansive, inclusive look at U.S. art" (not reproduced).]

Credit LineBruce Leven Acquisition Fund

Dimensions20 x 34 in. (50.8 x 86.4 cm)

MediumOil on canvas