A large nude figure strides across a night sky above a small church and a flying bird.

Rockwell Kent

Blue Bird

1919

Not on view

44 works in the collection
12 exhibitions

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Classification
Prints

Medium
Wood engraving

Dimensions
Sheet (Irregular): 14 7/8 × 13 3/8 in. (37.8 × 34 cm) Image: 6 1/16 × 6 1/16 in. (15.4 × 15.4 cm)

Accession number
31.694.2

Edition
Ed. 115

Publication
Printed by Edwin Rudge

Credit line
Gift of Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney

Rights and reproductions
Rights courtesy of Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York, USA, Rockwell Kent Collection, Bequest of Sally Kent Gorton. All rights reserved.

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Part of a series:
Twelve Prints by Contemporary American Artists
9 works

A large nude figure strides across a night sky above a village church while a bird flies nearby.

Brooklyn Bridge tower rises above older waterfront buildings in a detailed black-and-white etching.

Charcoal drawing shows a nude woman dancing and reaching upward with a cloth draped around her waist.

A person crouches on a shoreline next to an upright shovel, looking down at the ground.

Several people sit and talk along a waterfront with sailboats and cloudy sky in the background.

A woman holds a baby while two young girls stand near a tree in a yard.

A nude woman stands in shallow water among trees, looking slightly to the side.

A black-and-white etching showing tall city buildings and crowded rooftops under a dark sky.

Rockwell Kent

Blue Bird

1919

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