Oil

Saugatuck fishing shanty and net reel

Signature

lower right corner

Ken Bore or Ken Bure

12 in

14 in

No marks on back. Masonite panel held in 1" wood frame by nails.

Historical Note

According to David Demerest, the painting depicts the Demerest shanty when it was at the Sewers fishery by Culver Street. According to Marilyn Hebert, the painting never hung in the Demerest shanty -- the place was too wet with fish guts and scales everywhere. Demmy was given the painting, mostly likely from Rube Sewers. According to Erwin (Bud) Sewers, the shanty was most like moved "during World War II" when the Sewers brothers split the business because of some dispute. This would suggest the painting was created prior to the 1940s.