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A Fish is a Fish

Ken Scott and W. B. Quaintance & Co., Inc.

A Fish is a Fish

1949-1951

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A Fish is a Fish

1949-1951

Physical Qualities Silk, 119-1/2 x 48-3/4 in. (303.6 x 123.9 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of W.B. Quaintance & Co., Inc.
Object Number 1951.185a
Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1951; W. B. Quaintance & Co., Inc.
"Living Up-To-Date: an exhibition of new designs for the home." The Baltimore Museum of Art, September 25 - October 28, 1951.

Anita Jones, The Baltimore Museum of Art, 'Colorful Impressions: Printed and Surface-Patterned Cloth,' February 19 - July 5, 1992.

Rotation in Jean and Allan Berman Textile Gallery, (working title "Great Lengths"), The Baltimore Museum of Art, October 27,2010-April 17, 2011.
Breeskin, Adelyn (forward)."Living Up-To-Date an exhibition of new designs for the home." The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1951, p.
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cat. 515.

Inscribed: Printed in black letters along right selvage in two places: 'A FISH IS A FISH/DESIGNED BY KEN SCOTT'

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