Fish Stories: Early Images of American Game Fish, April 4 - October 4, 2015
Scope and Contents
Materials include master checklists; exhibition design materials; installation images; and publications pertainting to exhibitions organized and hosted by Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in 2014.
Dates
- April 4 - October 4, 2015
Conditions Governing Use
Images in this collection are either protected by copyright or are the property of CBMAA .
For requests to license high resolution art images, please contact
reproductions@crystalbridges.org
For requests to license high resolution installation images, please contact library@crystalbridges.org
Exhibition Summary
Game Fishes of the United States, one of the largest and most spectacular of American sporting books, was printed in 1879 -1880 at the zenith of late nineteenth-century American chromolithography. The work, which is included in the Crystal Bridges Library collection, features 20 gorgeous color plates based on the original watercolor paintings by well-known sporting artist Samuel Kilbourne, with text written by ichthyologist George Brown Goode, head of the fish research programs of the US Fish Commission and the Smithsonian. The color plates capture a number of distinctly American fishes in their natural surroundings, including the striped bass, sheepshead, bluefish, weakfish, red snapper, pompano, and brook trout. Each fish’s shimmering colors and delicate scales are amazingly vivid. This classic collection elegantly conveys the drama of sport fishing and highlights the exploration and celebration of nature in American art—one of the major themes in Crystal Bridges’ permanent collection.
Extent
From the Class: In progress Linear Feet
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art Archives Repository
600 Museum Way
Bentonville AR 72712 United States
(479) 418-5748
library@crystalbridges.org