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© Bruce M. White, 2012.
ClassificationsWorks of Art on Paper
Artist (Swiss, 1879 - 1940)

Birds Making Scientific Experiments in Sex

AAT Object Form/FunctionPen and Ink Drawings
Date1915
MediumPen and black ink
Credit LineRobert S. Handler Gift Fund, in memory of J. Allen and Lillian Handler
Object number1984.019
Exhibition History19th and 20th Century Art in the Collection, Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology, July 20 - September 14, 1985
Selected Acquisitions: Asia to America, Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology, May 8 - August 8, 1987
Selected Drawings from the Permanent Collection, Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology, July 19 - October 29, 1989
Pathos and Passion: German Expressionist Works on Paper, organized by the High Museum of Art at the Georgia Pacific Center, Atlanta, Georgia, May 14 - August 4, 1991
Art History 102 Works on Paper Study Gallery Exhibition, Michael C. Carlos Museum, February 14 - May 17, 1998
Embodied Seeing: Modernist Works on Paper, Michael C. Carlos Museum, February 4 - May 20, 2012
The Eye, The Mind, and the Heart: In Honor of Clark Poling, Michael C. Carlos Museum, January 15 - March 5, 2022
Published ReferencesSotheby's New York, Impressionist and Modern Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture (October 18, 1984), lot 53.
Michael C. Carlos Museum Handbook (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 1996), 134.
Kendall L. Walton, "Fotografische Bilder," in Fotografie zwischen Dokmentation und Inszenierung, ed. Julian Nida-Rumelin and Jakob Steinbrenner (Berlin: Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2012), 11-28.
ProvenanceWith Galerie Simon (1920-1940), Paris, France. With Galerie Rosengart, Lucerne, Switzerland. Ex coll. Emily Milliken Wilson (1902-1984), Washington DC. Purchased by Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology from Sotheby's New York, October 18, 1984, lot 53.
MarkingsOn mount: date, numbered 28
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Works of Art on Paper