Fish, Turtles, and Frogs
PainterPainted by
Louis Grosvernor Frink
American, 1869 - 1956
Date1935 - 1937
MediumDrawing; pencil, watercolor, and gouache on brown paper on cardboard
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 15 3/4 x 20in. (40 x 50.8cm)
Sheet (height x width): 15 3/4 x 20in. (40 x 50.8cm)
Mount (height x width): 15 3/4 x 20in. (40 x 50.8cm)
Sheet (height x width): 15 3/4 x 20in. (40 x 50.8cm)
Mount (height x width): 15 3/4 x 20in. (40 x 50.8cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineN.C. Brainard Acquisition Fund and Seymour Museum Fund Income
DescriptionDrawing composite of various fish, turtles, and frogs.
The fish depicted in the drawing include the following: the Northern Pike, recognizable with its elongated body, sharp teeth, pointed snout, yellow-green color with lighter spots along their flanks and a lighter belly; a shorter yellow fish with darker strips, distinct yellow fins and tail, and large eyes, resembling a Yellowtail Rockfish; an unidentified very short and small grey fish; an oval, chubbier but small orange fish with suction disk fins resembling a Cyclopterus.
On the right of the painting are two tortoises, one depicted from its profile and the other facing viewers.
On the foreground of the painting are two pond frogs and what seems to be an arthropod-like species.
The fish depicted in the drawing include the following: the Northern Pike, recognizable with its elongated body, sharp teeth, pointed snout, yellow-green color with lighter spots along their flanks and a lighter belly; a shorter yellow fish with darker strips, distinct yellow fins and tail, and large eyes, resembling a Yellowtail Rockfish; an unidentified very short and small grey fish; an oval, chubbier but small orange fish with suction disk fins resembling a Cyclopterus.
On the right of the painting are two tortoises, one depicted from its profile and the other facing viewers.
On the foreground of the painting are two pond frogs and what seems to be an arthropod-like species.
Object number1973.25.44
MarkingsOn verso, stamped in black ink, "American Primitives / by Lou Frink / Windham, Conn. No. 44"InscribedOn verso, upper center, in pencil, "Untitled: "Fish, Turtles, and Frogs"""Lower right, in pencil, accession number
[pencil written notes are NOT Lou's]NotesLou Frink signed the drawing three times on the front with two different dates, suggesting that he might have started drawing in1935 and added more to the composition in 1937.
The variety of fish demonstrate how familiar Frink was with water life around Windham.
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