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Little Blue Heron

Series TitleCabinet of Curiosity
Artist Laszlo Layton (American, born 1959)
Date2007
MediumHand-colored cyanotype
DimensionsUnframed: 14 x 11 inches (35.56 x 27.94 cm)
Framed: 18 1/4 x 15 inches (46.36 x 38.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2009.40.1
Signedsigned by artist in ink, bottom front of print
InscribedWritten in ink on front on print: "No. 1 / Pl. 96 / Little Blue Heron / Egretta caerulea"
Edition/State/Proofed. 1/10
On View
Not on view
Collections
DescriptionImage of long necked red and blue bird standing on a stump with its neck gracefully turned downwardExhibition History

Cabinet of Curiosities: Photography & Specimens. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, September 12 , 2012- February 10, 2013, no cat.

Copyright© Laszlo Layton
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