Brook Trout

James Prosek (b. 1975)

Date

2021
Medium

Watercolor on paper
Dimensions

Image: 7 x 15 in.
Sheet: 15 1/2 x 22 3/4 in.
Inscriptions

Sheet, recto:
l.l. in graphite: James Prosek 2021 [underlined] / Agnes Martin with Asawa Georgia O'Keefe / ambiguity is power / "eliminate detail in favor of the / atmospheric" / Brook Trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) painted during a watercolor demonstration / for the Amon Carter Museum of American Art during discussion about Winslow Homer with curator Maggie Adler
l.c. in graphite: 3 February 2021 / Maggie wrote that Homer's painting of the sea was the synthesis of several experiences / together over a year or more.
Credit Line

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas, Gift of James Prosek and Waqas Wajahat, New York
Accession Number

2021.24
Copyright

© James Prosek

Drawn to Nature

May 25–September 29, 2024

Organized by the Carter, Drawn to Nature highlights depictions of nature from the Carter’s works on paper holdings from the 18th through the 21st centuries.

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