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Black Breast Plover

1915

Frank W. Benson

(American, 1862–1951)
Culture
America
Medium
cancelled copper plate
Credit Line
Gift of the Artist 1921.578
Catalogue raisonné
Paff, 71
Copyright
Reproduced by permission The Frank W. Benson Trust, Faith Andrews Bedford Trustee.
This artwork is known to be under copyright.
Location
Not on view
Print
A horizontally oriented etching on a copper plate depicts a coastal scene with several shorebirds. Fine, dark lines define birds standing near marsh grass and hills against the warm metallic surface. One bird stands on the left, while others congregate toward the center and right. A large diamond lattice pattern of deep, diagonal scratches overlaps the entire composition, cancelling the plate. The copper displays varied golden and brown tones across its surface.

Black Breast Plover

1915

Frank W. Benson

(American, 1862–1951)
America

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