Bird of Prey

1950

Roderick Fletcher Mead

Associated Names
Roderick Fletcher Mead

Artist, American, 1900 - 1971

The Woodcut Society

Publisher, 1932 - 1954

This is a drawing of two birds in a confrontation. One bird is standing over another bird lying on the ground. Both birds have detailed feathers. The scene is set in a natural outdoor setting with grass and trees in the background. The sky is shown with sun rays.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    wood engraving in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 20.3 × 23.8 cm (8 × 9 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 27.9 x 32.5 cm (11 x 12 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1951.10.99

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lessing Rosenwald, Alverthorpe, PA; gift to NGA, 1951.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1990

  • Czestochowski, Joseph S. James Swann: In Quest of a Printmaker, with Presentation Prints of the Chicago Society of Etchers, Prairie Print Makers, and the Woodcut Society. Iowa: Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, 1990, appendix C, p. 153, no. 38.

Inscriptions

lower right in blcok: R.M.; lower right in graphite: Roderick Mead

Watermarks

Basingwerk

Wikidata ID

Q65366142

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