Robin

Artist Maurice Robert Bebb (American, 1891 - 1986)

Date1970

MediumThree-plate color aquatint and softground etching on paper

DimensionsImage: 9 1/4 × 7 1/4 inches (23.5 × 18.42 cm)
Sheet: 12 × 10 inches (30.48 × 25.4 cm)

Credit LineGift of Marilyn Carbonell and David H. Weinglass in honor of John Mallery and the Print Society

Object number2017.29.2

Signed“M.R.Bebb ‘70” in black ink, below the bottom right corner of the image

Inscribed“Robin 39/150” in black ink, along the bottom of the image, indented from the left edge. “39” in lighter black ink directly below the lower left corner of the image, lower on the sheet than the aforementioned inscription.

On View

Not on view

Collections

American Art

Terms

DescriptionThis print is a vertically oriented color image. The image depicts a robin (a common bird species) standing in profile, facing toward the left. The robin’s head, back, wings, tail, and legs are black, a darker shade on the head, tail, and legs. The bird’s beak is yellow, its throat white with black speckles, and its breast a brown orange. The robin stands in a green, grassy area. A line of green and brown trees runs along the horizon line in the background. A birdbath stands just in front of the trees, to the right of the robin. A light tan wash colors the sky behind the trees.Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Unexpected Encounters, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, June 2–August 12, 2018, no cat.

Provenance

Purchased from Dr. Catherine Parr by American Legacy Gallery, 2009;

Purchased from American Legacy Gallery by Marilyn Carbonell and David H. Weinglass, Kansas City, MO, May 4, 2017;

Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2017.

Published References

Cori Sherman North, ed., Birds and Beyond: The Prints of Maurice Bebb (Portland, Oregon: Pomegranate, 2016), 179.

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