Brandon BALLENGEE, RIP Eskimo Curlew, 2007
mixed media - Color engraving; glass apothecary bottle with ashes, 32 x 44 in.
From "Frameworks of Absence" Series. Artist-cut print from a J.J. Audubon re-print Esquimaux Curlew engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell from the "Amsterdam" Edition (1971-73) along with blue glass bottle of ashes from removed paper with etched text "RIP Eskimo Curlew." Extinct by the late 20th century.
2015.05.01 A-B
Credit Line: Lafayette College Art Collection, Easton, PA