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Dark brown print depicting a bird with a spiky crest, patterned breast, and long tail. The bird stands on thin legs, facing left with its head bowed. Around the bird are scattered dark ink splatters.
Wary Bird
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Wary Bird

Artist Juliet Kepes (American, born 1919)
Date1968
MediumColor lithograph
Dimensionssheet: 15 3/8 x 19 15/16 in. (39.1 x 50.6 cm)
image: 13 7/8 x 18 5/8 in. (35.2 x 47.3 cm)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineGift of Jane and R. Paul Larkin
Object number1992.1.14
Collections
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