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Watercolor of a black bass leaping from dark water, with a red lure in its mouth, against trees and a pale sky.

Life-Size Black Bass

A large black bass leaps from dark green water, its silver-white body marked with red along the side and its mouth hooked near a red lure. Behind it, dark trees and a pale sky frame a loose, fluid watercolor landscape with a bird in flight.

Artist
Winslow Homer
Date
1904
Medium
Transparent watercolor, with touches of opaque watercolor, rewetting, blotting and scraping, over graphite, on thick, moderately textured (t
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 1123 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1904).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Bequest of Brooks McCormick

Español: Róbalo negro a tamaño natural

Un gran róbalo negro salta desde el agua verde oscuro, con el cuerpo blanco plateado marcado de rojo a lo largo del costado y la boca enganchada cerca de un señuelo rojo. Detrás, árboles oscuros y un cielo pálido enmarcan un paisaje fluido de acuarela, con un ave en vuelo.

Português: Robalo-negro em tamanho real

Um grande robalo-negro salta de águas verde-escuras, com o corpo prateado e branco marcado de vermelho na lateral e a boca presa perto de uma isca vermelha. Atrás, árvores escuras e um céu pálido emolduram uma paisagem fluida em aquarela, com um pássaro em voo.

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