Our Macaw Preens
Artist
Anna Hyatt Huntington
(American, 1876 - 1973)
CultureAmerican
Date1936
MediumBronze
Dimensions33 1/2 × 29 3/4 × 13 1/2 in., 50 lb. (85.1 × 75.6 × 34.3 cm, 22.7 kg)
Base: 8 1/2 × 8 1/2 in. (21.6 × 21.6 cm)
Base: 8 1/2 × 8 1/2 in. (21.6 × 21.6 cm)
InscribedOn rear of base: "Anna Hyatt Huntington 1936".
Credit LineGift of the artist and Archer M. Huntington
Object number41.18.1A
Not on view
DescriptionBronze statue of a macaw preening. Stands on a perch. Bronze has a blue-green patina.Exhibition HistoryExhibited Mariners Museum, 9/30/62, at showing of Art Mobile by Peninsula Arts Association. "Anna Hyatt Huntington: The Woman & The Sculpture," The Mariners' Museum, Feb. 1, 1985 - Oct. 1, 1985. "A Grand Menagerie: The Sculpture of Anna Hyatt Huntington,” Mary M. Torggler Fine Arts Center, Christopher Newport University, Newport News, VA, April 20 – October 6, 2024.Published ReferencesHollis Koons, ed. _A Grand Menagerie: The Sculpture of Anna Hyatt Huntington_ (Newport News: Mary M. Torggler Fine Arts Center, Christopher Newport University, 2024) 79.
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