Male Wood Duck on Shallow Water, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom

Richard S. Meryman, Male Wood Duck on Shallow Water, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom, 1905-1909, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the heirs of Abbott Handerson Thayer, 1950.2.7
Richard S. Meryman, Male Wood Duck on Shallow Water, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom, 1905-1909, oil on canvas, 22 x 26 in. (55.9 x 66.0 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the heirs of Abbott Handerson Thayer, 1950.2.7

Artwork Details

Title
Male Wood Duck on Shallow Water, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom
Artist
Date
1905-1909
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
22 x 26 in. (55.9 x 66.0 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of the heirs of Abbott Handerson Thayer
Mediums
Mediums Description
oil on canvas
Classifications
Subjects
  • Study
  • Animal — bird — duck
  • Landscape — water
Object Number
1950.2.7
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1950.2.7

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Date1906
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Henry Wolf, Mrs. Alexander Campbell, 1913, photomechanical wood engraving on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1973.130.282
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Date1913
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Henry Wolf, Mrs. Deborah Franklin, 1898, wood engraving on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1973.130.160
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Date1898
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Henry Wolf, Miss Eleanor Gordon, 1908, photomechanical wood engraving on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1973.130.238
Miss Eleanor Gordon
Artist
Date1908
photomechanical wood engraving on paper
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