Ice Fish, Danville, Virginia
Artist
Emmet Gowin
(American, born 1941)
Date1971
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 8 × 9 15/16 inches (20.32 × 25.22 cm)
Mat: 14 × 15 1/2 inches (35.56 × 39.37 cm)
Mat: 14 × 15 1/2 inches (35.56 × 39.37 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2020.7.32
SignedSigned on sheet verso, center, in pencil: "emmet gowin";
Signed and dated on mat recto, lower right, in pencil: "emmit gowin 1976".
InscribedOn sheet verso, center, in pencil: "ICE FISH DANVILLE VIRGINIA 1971 / PRINT 1976;
On sheet verso, lower right corner, in pencil: "1971".
MarkingsOn sheet verso, upper right corner, in pencil: "2: 6 + 30"
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DescriptionVignetted image of a block of ice in the shape of a fish placed in the center of a wood-plank floor. There are two narrow strips of light in the background and small twigs and rocks scattered around the perimeter.ProvenanceThe Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2020;
Given by the Hall Family Foundation to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2020.
Copyright© Emmet Gowin
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