Fish

Art

Verostko Center for the Arts

Name/Title

Fish

Entry/Object ID

2024.1.38

Description

Watercolor on paper

Collection

Roman Verostko and Alice Wagstaff Legacy Collections

Made/Created

Artist

Alice Wagstaff Verostko

Date made

1964

General Notes

Note

A deeply curious person and amateur painter, Wagstaff formed a true partnership of shared interests and mutual support with her spouse. Each read books in the others’ area of academic interest, assisted one another with projects, co-authored a manuscript children’s book. Together, they traveled the world—and created a life rich in ideas and inspiration, including through dinner parties that filled their Minneapolis home with light and laughter. This simple image of a fish held special meaning for Verostko, and reminded him of a haiku (Two Fish, 2009) that his wife wrote for his birthday shortly before her death: "Dui Pesci seeing the same world from different angles often"

Created By

jeffery.martin@stvincent.edu

Create Date

February 19, 2026

Updated By

jeffery.martin@stvincent.edu

Update Date

February 19, 2026