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TITLE:
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Wood Ibis
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WORK DATE:
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1827-1838
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CATEGORY:
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Prints
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MATERIALS:
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Aquatint engraving with original hand color
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EDITION/SET OF:
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from The Birds of America, London: Robert Havell, Jr.
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SIZE:
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paper size app. 39” x 26 1/2”; framed size 49 1/2” x 37”
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REGION:
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American
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PRICE*:
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Contact Gallery for Price
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DESCRIPTION:
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In his image of the Wood Ibis -- actually a stork, the only true stork native to America -- Audubon’s view of the swampy, evocative southern landscape with the bird looming in the foreground is simultaneously monumental and charming. The bird seems to stretch at the confines of the page as it leans down into the water, large and awkward, yet oddly majestic. Audubon imbued his Wood Ibis with a palpable sense of dignity and character, creating one of his most memorable images with this illustration.
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