Lot 931
  • 931

JOHN JAMES AUDUBON (AFTER)) | Red-headed Woodpecker (Plate XXVII)

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
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Description

  • John James Audubon
  • Red-headed Woodpecker (Plate XXVII)
  • plate: Height 25 1/8 in. by Width 21 1/2 in.; 63.7 by 54.6 cm.
  • sheet: Height 38 1/4 by Width 25 1/8 in.; 97.2 by 63.7 cm.
Hand-colored aquatint, engraving and etching, 1828, by R. Havell, on wove paper with the J Whatman 1830 watermark, framed

Provenance

Douglas Kenyon, Chicago, Illinois, 1986;
Vogel Collection no. 461.

Condition

The print is in good condition except the lower right corner is replaced, and there are a few small repaired tears in the sheet edges. Faint mat-stain and minor traces of adhesive along the extreme sheet edges. (Some soft handing creases and the verso with faint offprinting.)
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