Trompe l'Oeil: A Curlew Hanging from a Nail

1850s(?)

Édouard Traviès

Associated Names
Édouard Traviès

Artist, French, born 1809

A bird is shown hanging upside down by its feet, secured with a blue ribbon against a wooden panel with an arched top. The bird is white with brown speckles and dark brown and grey feathers on its wings. The background consists of soft beige and brown tones, with the bird displaying white, brown, grey, and black colors. The bird is centered on the wooden panel, facing downward, with its wings partially open to either side, casting a shadow on the panel.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor and gouache over black chalk

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 63.5 x 47.5 cm (25 x 18 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2010.38.2

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(sale, Sotheby's New York, 27 January 2010); (via Martin Moeller, Hamburg); purchased 2010 by NGA.

Associated Names

Wikidata ID

Q64556973

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