Abbot Pattison

Woman and Fish

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This bronze sculpture, created in 1954, depicts a woman spearing a fish. The artist contrasted the realistic rendering of the woman with an abstract rendering of the fish. The sculpture was donated by Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Cummings of Montreal in 1968.

Abbott Pattison was born in Chicago. He attended the Yale School of Fine Arts and taught at the Chicago Art Institute. His work is a part of the collection of the Whitney Museum, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Israel State Museum, the Corcoran Gallery of Art, The Chrysler Museum of Art, and the Phoenix Art Museum, among many others.