Cliff Swallow

Scott Gentling (1942-2011)

Date

1985
Medium

Graphite, opaque and transparent watercolor on paper
Dimensions

Sheet: 22 x 28 in.
Image: 20 x 26 in.
Inscriptions

Sheet, recto:
l.c. in graphite: Cliff Swallow \ Petrochelidon Pyrrhonota
l.l. in graphite: Scott Gentling \ July 23, 1985 \ 1 1/2 Weeks
Collection Name

Fort Worth Museum of Science and History Gentling Collection
Credit Line

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas, Gift of the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History, which acquired the work through the support of Mr. and Mrs. Phillip J. Meek
Accession Number

2018.6
Copyright

© Amon Carter Museum of American Art

Seeing in Detail: Scott and Stuart Gentling's Birds of Texas

September 3–December 1, 2019

When you view Scott and Stuart Gentling’s watercolors of Texas birds, you’ll want to get close. The level of detail is extraordinary—hundreds of brushstrokes make up each feather, and there are hundreds of feathers!

Location: Off view

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