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Fish Weather Vane

1939

Albert Ryder

Associated Names

Albert Ryder

Artist, American, 1911 - 2001

The image features a wooden fish or whale-like sculpture mounted on a stick. The color palette is muted with the sculpture in blue-green and the background in off-white. The sculpture is centrally positioned in the image with the stick pointing downward slightly to the right. Handwritten markings are present in the bottom right corner.

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Artwork overview

Medium

watercolor and graphite on paperboard
Credit Line

Index of American Design
Dimensions

overall: 38.1 x 45.7 cm (15 x 18 in.)
Original IAD Object: 30" wide
Accession Number

1943.8.16315

Artwork history & notes

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: CA.#148 / 8/11/39 AL RYDER / 8/18/39

Wikidata ID

Q64533976

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