John Wesley

Bird Lady
1965

A stylized two-tone illustration of a nude woman in profile, interacting with a bird perched on her extended hand. The background is a solid blue, framed by a border featuring a repeated motif of bird heads with beaks pointing downwards. The artwork has a flat, graphic quality with minimal shading.
A stylized two-tone illustration of a nude woman in profile, interacting with a bird perched on her extended hand. The background is a solid blue, framed by a border featuring a repeated motif of bird heads with beaks pointing downwards. The artwork has a flat, graphic quality with minimal shading.

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Date
1965

Classification
Prints

Medium
Screenprint

Dimensions
Sheet: 24 1/16 × 30 1/16in. (61.1 × 76.4 cm) Image: 24 1/16 × 30 1/16in. (61.1 × 76.4 cm)

Accession number
2008.169

Series
11 Pop Artists, Volume II

Edition
XLII/L

Publication
Printed by Knickerbocker Machine and Foundry, Inc., New York; published by Original Editions, New York

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Altria Group, Inc.

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

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