
Three Wine Glasses and House
Janet FishWW-1977-136171
1977·Pastel over graphite on ivory wove paper prepared with watercolor washes·75.6 × 41.9 cm (29 13/16 × 16 1/2 in.)
Catalogue
- Year
- 1977
- Dimensions
- 75.6 × 41.9 cm (29 13/16 × 16 1/2 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Janet Fish
Artist

Janet Fish
Painting
Janet Fish is an American painter known for meticulously rendered still lifes of glass, water, and reflective surfaces that emerged from postwar realism. Working primarily in oil on canvas, she constructs compositions of transparent and translucent objects, drinking glasses, bottles, ice, rendered with an almost photographic precision that emphasizes the complex interplay of light, refraction, and shadow. Her work occupies a distinctly formal register, treating domestic glassware as a vehicle for investigating color, surface, and spatial illusion rather than narrative or metaphor.
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- Janet Fish
- Year
- 1977
- Dimensions
- 75.6 × 41.9 cm (29 13/16 × 16 1/2 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1977-136171
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
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- Status
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