Cold Brook, 1887
PainterPainted by
Louis Grosvernor Frink
American, 1869 - 1956
Date1935
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
DescriptionThe drawing portrays a fisherman dressed in a heavy coat, hat, trousers, and satchel as he casts his fishing rod into a calm stream before him. In the foreground, slender trees with sparse, green-stippled leaves frame the composition along the right side and lower edge.
Object number1973.25.62
MarkingsOn verso, stamped in black ink, "American Primitives / by Lou Frink / Windham, Conn. No. 62"InscribedOn verso, upper left, in pencil [Lou's handwriting], "Lou Frink / fishing Cold Brook / in the river / Lou Frink / Windham / Conn. / 1901"Lower right, in pen [Lou's handwriting], "Lou Frink / Windham / Conn. / 1935"
Lower right in pencil, accession numberNotesDrawing depicted from memory. Lou 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."
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Louis Grosvernor Frink
