Mexican Ground Squirrel
Artist
John Woodhouse Audubon
(American, 1812 - 1862)
Date1846
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensions13 3/4 x 22 inches (34.9 x 55.9 cm)
Credit LinePurchase of the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation, 1991
Object number31.210.2
ClassificationsPaintings
Label TextAfter The Birds of America, John James Audubon worked on another book. He titled it The Vivacious Quadrepeds of North America. That means four-legged animals that bear their young alive. His son John Woodhouse Audubon painted many of the images. The Mexican Ground Squirrel’s range includes southern and western Texas.
Provenance(Kennedy Galleries, New York, New York); purchased by Michael Zinman, New York, New York; purchased December 31, 1991 through (W. Graham Arader, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania) by the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation; accessioned to the Stark Museum of Art
On View
On view
Fremont F. Ellis
Ernest Martin Hennings
