Art Institute of Chicago

Netting the Fish

1889

Type: ink or chalk wash
Medium: Transparent watercolor, heightened with opaque white watercolor, with rewetting, blotting, and scraping, over graphite, on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions: 35.3 × 50.8 cm (13 15/16 × 20 in.)
Credit: Olivia Shaler Swan Memorial Collection

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