Fish Decoy
| Title | Fish Decoy |
|---|---|
| Artist | Unidentified |
| Date | ca. 1930s 20th century |
| Medium | carved, painted, and stenciled wood; painted copper sheet; painted ferrous tack eyes; and lead weights |
| Classification | Sculpture |
| Holding institution | Smithsonian Open Access |
| Credit line | Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Alastair B. Martin |
| Rights | Public domain (CC0). Free to use for any purpose. |
Explore the context
The artist
This work is attributed to Unidentified. Browse every catalogued public-domain plate by this maker.
The medium
Catalogued as sculpture. See other public-domain works in the same medium, all free to download and reuse.
The period
Dated to ca. 1930s. Explore the wider set of works from the 20th century held in the archive.
The collection
Made available through the Smithsonian Open Access open-access programme, which explicitly places this work in the public domain.
Keep exploring
More in this tradition
- Clam Fish, Warm Springs, from the American Indian Chiefs series (N36) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes Another marine & aquatic life plate
- Fish Ornament Another marine & aquatic life plate
- The Marine Painter (Le Peintre de Marine) Another marine & aquatic life plate
- Marine Dabblers, plate 29 from Liber Studiorum Another marine & aquatic life plate
- Necklace Bead in the Form of a Fish Another marine & aquatic life plate
By the same hand
- Serape By the same artist
- Teika’s Ten Styles of Japanese Poetry By the same artist
- Fragmentary Leaf from an Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita Sutra By the same artist
- Hercules with the Coat of Nessus By the same artist
- Marriage of Minakshi and Sundarehsvara, attended by Vishnu By the same artist
- Family Group By the same artist
- [Mother and Son] By the same artist
- [Young Girl] By the same artist
The wider subject
- Marine & aquatic life ThemeThe history of marine & aquatic life, illustrated
Zoom out
- /browse Browse the whole archive
Get Fish Decoy in high resolution
Animal
£2.99
Sculpture
£2.99
Fish
£2.99
Fishe
£2.99
Marine & aquatic life
£2.99