Untitled [At the sight of blackbirds]

Maker
Ruth Marjorie Davey
Production date
2006
Description
Etching aquatint by Ruth Davey alongside a short poem by Wallace Stevens (from Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird). The etching depicts three women dancing amid flying birds. The poem [titled 'X'] reads: At the sight of blackbirds / Flying in a green light / Even the bawds of euphony / Would cry out sharply.
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Object detail

Maker

Ruth Marjorie Davey

Production date

2006

Media/Materials

Paper, ink, pencil

Measurements

250x350 mm (paper)

Production place

Hamilton, Waikato, North Island, New Zealand

Collection

Visual Arts

Department collection type

Visual Arts

Credit line

Gift of Ruth and Lester Davey
Collection of Waikato Museum Te Whare Taonga o Waikato

Accession number

2020/18/161

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Classification

Print Documentary Artifacts Graphic Documents Print, Intaglio Etching

Object type

Etching aquatint Print

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