Great-tailed Grackle
Object Details
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Date
1985
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Medium
Graphite, opaque and transparent watercolor on paper
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Dimensions
Sheet: 28 1/16 x 21 7/8 in.
Image: 26 1/8 x 19 7/8 in. -
Inscriptions
Sheet, Recto:
l.l. in blue ink: Great-tailed Grackles
l.c. in graphite: Great Tailed Grackle
l.r. in graphite: Scott Gentling Feb 17, 85
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Collection Name
Fort Worth Museum of Science and History Gentling Collection
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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 Dr. A. M. Pate Jr. and Mr. Sebert L. Pate
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Accession Number
2018.7
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Copyright
© Amon Carter Museum of American Art
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Seeing in Detail: Scott and Stuart Gentling's Birds of TexasSeptember 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!
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Imagined Realism: Scott and Stuart GentlingSeptember 25, 2021–January 9, 2022
Fort Worth artists Scott and Stuart Gentling had artistic interests that spanned centuries and continents. In the first-ever comprehensive retrospective of the brothers’ work, Imagined Realism features more than 150 works and archival objects that showcase their visionary artistic careers.
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Drawn to NatureMay 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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