Leon Kelly

Magic Bird
1945

An etching depicting a fantastical scene with two grotesque figures, one brandishing a whip and the other holding a sword, engaged in a tense confrontation. The figures appear to be in a dark, cavernous space with eerie details and a sense of movement conveyed through dynamic, expressive lines.

An etching depicting a fantastical scene with two grotesque figures, one brandishing a whip and the other holding a sword, engaged in a tense confrontation. The figures appear to be in a dark, cavernous space with eerie details and a sense of movement conveyed through dynamic, expressive lines.

Not on view

Date
1945

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Pen and ink on paper

Dimensions
Sheet: 9 1/2 × 10 1/16in. (24.1 × 25.6 cm) Mount (board): 14 1/2 × 12 5/16in. (36.8 × 31.3 cm)

Accession number
46.15

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

API
artworks/1844

Exhibitions

Transitions at Mid-Century, Works on Paper 1945–1955

Feb 1–May 25, 2002

Leon Kelly
6 works in the collection

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