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Dead Crow

1950-1960

Leonard Baskin

Associated Names

Leonard Baskin

Artist, American, 1922 - 2000

The image shows a dark silhouette of a bird with intricate feather details on a light beige background. The bird is lying on its side with its head facing left and its body and tail feathers extending to the right side of the image.

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Artwork overview

Medium

wood engraving in black on wove paper
Credit Line

Gift of Jay Finkel
Dimensions

image (irregular): 5.08 × 10.16 cm (2 × 4 in.)
sheet: 22.86 × 22.86 cm (9 × 9 in.)
Accession Number

2013.121.48
Catalogue Raisonné

Fern/O'Sullivan 1984, undescribed

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Jay Finkel, Washington, DC; acquired 2013 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Finkel, Jay

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Baskin

Wikidata ID

Q77005494

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