Gold-winged Woodpecker
Artist
John James Audubon
(American, 1785 - 1851)
Engraver
Robert Havell, Jr.
(American, 1793 - 1878)
Colorist
Robert Havell Sr.
(English, 1769 - 1832)
Printer
Robert Havell Sr.
(English, 1769 - 1832)
Date1828
Mediumengraving, etching and aquatint on paper, hand-colored
DimensionsDouble Elephant: 36 3/8 × 24 7/8 inches (92.4 × 63.2 cm)
Frame: 41 1/4 × 30 3/4 × 7/8 inches (104.8 × 78.1 × 2.2 cm)
Frame: 41 1/4 × 30 3/4 × 7/8 inches (104.8 × 78.1 × 2.2 cm)
Credit LinePurchase of the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation, 1968
Object number91.100.42
ClassificationsPrints
Label TextArtist John James Audubon changed the way we see nature. He had a grand vision. It came from his personal passion for studying birds. Audubon produced one of the world’s most beautiful and amazing publications. The Birds of America features 435 individual prints of birds. The birds are life-size and lifelike. The artist incorporated natural habitats in the imagery. He also wrote about the birds. He said that this woodpecker is “usually called Pique-bois jaune by the French settlers in Louisiana.” The common name today for this bird is the Northern Flicker.
ProvenancePurchased April 16, 1968 through (Nada Kramar, Washington, D.C.) by the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation; accessioned to the Stark Museum of Art
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