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Dorothy Lake Gregory — Mending Nets
Dorothy Lake Gregory

Mending Nets

This gouache painting depicts three figures mending fishing nets on a wooden platform overlooking a rocky coastal cove. The composition features a luminous blue sky and water, characteristic of mid-twentieth-century American regionalism, with the workers rendered in simplified forms wearing practical clothing in tones of blue, yellow, and brown. Wooden boats rest in the foreground while nets and maritime equipment populate the scene, capturing the daily labor of a fishing community. The work exemplifies the Provincetown school's focus on local Cape Cod life and labor, rendered in bold color and expressive brushwork. This piece reflects the artistic interest in documentary subjects and working-class dignity that defined many regional American painters of the era.

Medium
Gouache on paper
Dimensions

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Provincetown Art Association & Museum Benefit Auction

May 16, 2026

Estimate: $1,000$1,500

Lot 63

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Dorothy Lake Gregory, Mending Nets

This gouache painting depicts three figures mending fishing nets on a wooden platform overlooking a rocky coastal cove. The composition features a luminous blue sky and water, characteristic of mid-twentieth-century American regionalism, with the workers rendered in simplified forms wearing practical clothing in tones of blue, yellow, and brown. Wooden boats rest in the foreground while nets and maritime equipment populate the scene, capturing the daily labor of a fishing community. The work exemplifies the Provincetown school's focus on local Cape Cod life and labor, rendered in bold color and expressive brushwork. This piece reflects the artistic interest in documentary subjects and working-class dignity that defined many regional American painters of the era.

Medium
Gouache on paper
Dimensions
29.2 x 39.4 cm
Seen at
Eldred's, East Dennis, Massachusetts, United States

Related themes

Expressive Brushwork, Figurative Painting, Landscape With Figures, Cape Cod Regionalism, Vernacular Subjects, Gouache On Paper, Maritime Subject, American Regionalism, Coastal Fishing, Daily Life, Documentary Art, Narrative Realism, Waterside Setting, Coastal Scene, Working Class Labor, Provincetown School, Mid Century American, Blue Palette, Horizontal Composition, Fishing Community

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