Blue Jays

Artist Edward Marshall Boehm (American, 1913 - 1969)

Manufacturer Boehm Porcelain (founded 1950)

Date1962

Mediumporcelain, bisque fired, hand-painted

Dimensions12 inches (30.5 cm)

Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965

Object number41.2.27.A

ClassificationsDecorative Arts

DescriptionPorcelain sculpture of female Blue Jay with two fledglings on branch. Female has strawberry in beak. Part of a pair with male Blue Jay (41.2.24.B), and additional Chameleon (41.2.24.C)

Label TextFamily: Corvidae (Crows, Jays, and Allies) Scientific name: Cyanocitta cristata (common name: Blue Jay)

ProvenancePurchased July 3, 1962 through (Neiman-Marcus, Dallas, Texas) by H.J. Lutcher Stark [1887-1965]; bequeathed September 2, 1965 to the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation; accessioned to the Stark Museum of Art

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