Fish
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Object Label
Antoine Vollon depicted this mound of freshly caught fish in a dynamic manner that merges his subject with the substance and movement of paint itself. Slippery fish are evoked in long brushstrokes and touches of color, while a wicker basket and bed of reeds are partially conjured through marks that appear to have been scratched into the still-wet paint with the brush handle.
Caption
Antoine Vollon (French, 1833–1900). Fish, 1871–1875. Oil on canvas, 12 7/8 x 18 3/8 in. (32.7 x 46.7 cm) frame: 23 5/8 × 29 3/8 × 4 1/4 in. (60 × 74.6 × 10.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of William A. Putnam and Walter H. Crittenden, 19.86. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Artist
Title
Fish
Date
1871–1875
Geography
Place made: France
Medium
Oil on canvas
Classification
Dimensions
12 7/8 x 18 3/8 in. (32.7 x 46.7 cm) frame: 23 5/8 × 29 3/8 × 4 1/4 in. (60 × 74.6 × 10.8 cm)
Signatures
Signed lower right: "A. Vollon"
Credit Line
Gift of William A. Putnam and Walter H. Crittenden
Accession Number
19.86
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