Fisherman and Wild Ducks
PainterPainted by
Louis Grosvernor Frink
American, 1869 - 1956
Date1938
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
DescriptionIn the drawing, a man wearing a brown bowler or fishing hat, a brown jacket, knee‑length black trousers, and a yellow satchel casts his long fishing rod into the stream while smoking a pipe. The landscape around the stream is filled with small hills and tall green grass that nearly covers the fisherman’s shoes. In the background, a large homestead sits inside stone walls, accompanied by a few nearby houses. Four large ducks can be seen flying away.
Object number1973.25.45
MarkingsOn verso, stamped in black ink, "American Primitives / by Lou Frink / Windham, Conn. No. 45"InscribedOn verso, center, in pencil, "Untitled: "Fisherman and Wild Ducks""Lower right, in pencil, accession number
[pencil written notes are NOT Lou's]NotesLou Frink was known to be an enthusiastic fisherman and hunter. Another one of his drawings (1973.25.7) identifies Cold Brook in Windham as being "great trout stream."
The man's attire closely resembles what Lou and his friends would wear on their fishing trips, which he captured in photographs (kept in Eastern State's archives)
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