Frank W. Benson

Blue Herons
1931

A black and white etching depicting two herons in a marshy landscape. The foreground shows one heron standing in shallow water with its wings partially spread, while the other is captured in flight above, with its wings fully extended. The background features a serene water setting with reeds and a cloudy sky. The artist's signature is visible in the lower left corner, and the title "BLUE HERONS" is printed at the bottom center of the margin.
A black and white etching depicting two herons in a marshy landscape. The foreground shows one heron standing in shallow water with its wings partially spread, while the other is captured in flight above, with its wings fully extended. The background features a serene water setting with reeds and a cloudy sky. The artist's signature is visible in the lower left corner, and the title "BLUE HERONS" is printed at the bottom center of the margin.

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Date
1931

Classification
Prints

Medium
Lithograph

Dimensions
Sheet (Irregular): 13 1/16 × 17 1/16in. (33.2 × 43.3 cm) Image: 9 3/8 × 13 1/16in. (23.8 × 33.2 cm)

Accession number
96.68.10

Edition
Edition possibly 17

Publication
Printed by Frank W. Benson

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from The Lauder Foundation, Leonard and Evelyn Lauder Fund

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

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