Big Fish Eat All the Little Fish

Thornton Dial

About 1983

  • Titles Big Fish Eat All the Little Fish (Proper)
  • Artist Thornton Dial, American, 1928 - 2016
  • Medium acrylic, metal, and foam on board
  • Dimensions 48 × 67 × 8 in. (121.9 × 170.2 × 20.3 cm)
  • Credit Line Museum purchase with funds provided by the Birmingham Regional Arts Commission and general acquisition funds, 2000.5, image © Estate of Thornton Dial / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
  • Work Type painting
  • Classification Paintings

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