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On the Edge
On the Edge
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On the Edge

Artist/Maker (United States, born 1949)
Date2008
MediumOil on Canvas
Dimensionsimage: 60 × 60 in. (152.4 × 152.4 cm) frame: 60 1/4 × 60 3/8 × 1 1/2 in. (153 × 153.4 × 3.8 cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineJKM Collection, National Museum of Wildlife Art
Terms
    Object numberW2008.038
    DescriptionLarge dark painting with birds mainly along the edges. Quote across top of canvas: "But when the birds are gone, and their warm fields return no more, where then is paradise? - Wallace Stevens, Sunday Morning. From top right: Florida Scrub Jay, Kirtland's Warbler, Ivory-billed Woodpecker, Brown Pelican, Nene, Northern Spotted Owl.
    Status
    Not on view