Josh Smith

Sharphead Darter, #216

2008

A pencil sketch of a striped fish with fins and a tail centered on a blank page.
A pencil sketch of a striped fish with fins and a tail centered on a blank page.
Recto

Not on view

Date
2008

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Graphite pencil and collage on paper

Dimensions
Sheet: 5 1/2 × 8 1/2 in. (14 × 21.6 cm)

Accession number
2013.61.217

Credit line
Purchase, with funds from the Drawing Committee

Rights and reproductions
© 2008 Josh Smith

API
artworks/43749

Part of a series:
Tennessee Fish
305 works

Hand-drawn sketch of a spotted fish with dark markings and visible fins.
Pencil sketch of a fish drawn on paper labeled with number 20.
A pencil sketch of two fish showing detailed fins and body markings on white paper.
A pencil sketch of a fish with scales and the number 22 on white paper.
A pencil sketch of a long fish with pointed snout and fins, labeled number 12.
Hand-drawn pencil sketch of a long, striped fish with visible fins on white paper.
Long slender eel-like fish drawing with dark spots near its head on blank paper.
A pencil sketch of a long eel-like amphibian labeled with the number 19.
Two pencil sketches of fish laid on a sheet of paper, showing fins and markings.
A simple pencil sketch of a small spotted fish with fins resting on a white sheet of paper.

Josh Smith
312 works in the collection

View artist

On the Hour

A 30-second online art project:
Frank WANG Yefeng, The Levitating Perils #2

Learn more about this project

Learn more at whitney.org/artport

On the Hour projects can contain motion and sound. To respect your accessibility settings autoplay is disabled.

Due to the anticipated effects of the blizzard, the Whitney Museum of American Art will close early Sunday, February 22 at 4 pm and will be closed to the public on Monday, February 23.