Mockingbird

Scott Gentling (1942-2011), Stuart Gentling (1942-2006)

Date

1985
Medium

Graphite, opaque and transparent watercolor on paper
Dimensions

Sheet: 28 x 21 13/16 in.
Image: 26 1/16 x 20 1/16 in.
Inscriptions

Sheet, Recto:
l.l. in graphite: Beethoven O.P 20 No. 1 \ trio
l.c. in graphite: Mockingbird
l.r. in graphite: Scott Gentling June 16th 1985 \ one month + one week at work \ Basic pose by Stuart, revised by me.
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 First Texas Council of Camp Fire, Inc. in honor of the Texas Sesquicentennial
Accession Number

2018.39
Copyright

© Amon Carter Museum of American Art

Tracing the Past: Scott and Stuart Gentling’s Birds of Texas

December 7, 2019–March 8, 2020

Fort Worth artists Scott and Stuart Gentling paid tribute to their artistic predecessors in their watercolors, carefully reinventing historical poses and compositions of birds before inserting them in backdrops of unique Texas landscapes.

Location: Off view

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