Walton Ford

Tale of Johnny Nutkin
2001

A vividly colored illustration depicting a dynamic scene where a large owl with outstretched wings is capturing a frog, surrounded by several red squirrels in various poses of movement and alarm. The background features a dark blue sky with clouds and a crescent moon, suggesting a nocturnal setting. Below the owl, a group of white eggs rests in a nest on the ground. The image has a whimsical, storybook quality and includes handwritten text and signatures at the top and bottom.
A vividly colored illustration depicting a dynamic scene where a large owl with outstretched wings is capturing a frog, surrounded by several red squirrels in various poses of movement and alarm. The background features a dark blue sky with clouds and a crescent moon, suggesting a nocturnal setting. Below the owl, a group of white eggs rests in a nest on the ground. The image has a whimsical, storybook quality and includes handwritten text and signatures at the top and bottom.

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Date
2001

Classification
Prints

Medium
Etching and aquatint

Dimensions
Sheet: 44 1/8 × 30 3/4in. (112.1 × 78.1 cm) Plate: 35 13/16 × 23 13/16in. (91 × 60.5 cm)

Accession number
99.40.4

Edition
1/50 | 12 APs, 2 PPs

Publication
Printed by Wingate Studio; published by Blue Heron Press

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Print Committee

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

API
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