Red Fish Paper Cutting
date: label: Date
content: 2007
name: label: Artist
content: Ira Blount
notes: label: Caption
content: A bright red fish swims through a black sea in this paper cutting. Details, including scales, whiskers, fins, and gills enliven the image, but it is the fish’s alert eye that hooks the viewer. The composition highlights artist Ira Blount’s (1918-2020) skill in silhouettes and invites the viewer to imagine what captivates the fish's attention.
label: Caption
content: After moving to Washington, DC following World War II, Ira Blount mastered dozens of artisanal crafts. His love for crafting, learning, and community engagement would endure over the course of his long life and career.
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content: Anacostia Community Museum Collection
creditLine: label: Cite As
content: Gift of Ira Blount
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Anacostia Community Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2011.0004.0110
objectType: label: Type
content: papercutting
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: paper
label: Dimensions
content: Frame: 10 1/16 × 12 1/16 × 13/16 in. (25.5 × 30.7 × 2 cm)