A watercolor of two large birds, one standing on a turtle shell, with hooked beaks and sharp talons.

Crested Caracara

Scott Gentling (1942-2011)

Date

1984
Medium

Graphite, opaque and transparent watercolor on paper
Dimensions

Sheet: 22 1/8 x 28 in.
Image: 20 1/16 x 26 7/16 in.
Inscriptions

Sheet, Recto:
l.c. in graphite: Audubon's or Crested Caracara \ Polyborus plancus
l.r. in graphite: Drawn + Painted by \ Scott Gentling \ finished May 20, 1984 \ 3 weeks work
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 the Mary Potishman Lard Trust
Accession Number

2018.9
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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