Fishing
PainterPainted by
Louis Grosvernor Frink
American, 1869 - 1956
Date1947
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 of a fishing scene. On the foreground is a young man wearing a straw hat, black overall, and white undershirt. He sits bare feet and knee bent on an unidentified black circular shape. The young man is holding a fishing rod that curves sharply downward as he caught a large speckled fish, which may be a trout.
Behind the young man are two older men standing. They are dressed in traditional fishing gear; one wears a dark coat and bowler hat, while the other is in a brighter yellow raincoat, but both wear a yellow satchel and have their fishing rods to their shoulders. The two men are smoking pipes and are sharing or comparing their large colorful caught fish.
The back of the drawing contains the start of a sketch of a house.
Behind the young man are two older men standing. They are dressed in traditional fishing gear; one wears a dark coat and bowler hat, while the other is in a brighter yellow raincoat, but both wear a yellow satchel and have their fishing rods to their shoulders. The two men are smoking pipes and are sharing or comparing their large colorful caught fish.
The back of the drawing contains the start of a sketch of a house.
Object number1973.25.29
MarkingsOn verso, stamped in black ink, "American Primitives / by Lou Frink / Windham, Conn. No. 29"InscribedOn verso, upper left, in pencil, "Title "Fishing""Upper right, in pencil, "1947.26.3 / Frink"
Lower right, in pencil, accession number
[pencil written notes are NOT Lou's]NotesLou Frink was known to be an enthusiastic fisherman. Another one of his drawings (1973.25.7) identifies Cold Brook in Windham as being "great trout stream." Over the years, Lou would often go on fishing trips with his friends, such as J. Alden Weir, whom he'd sometimes photograph.
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Louis Grosvernor Frink
