Winter Wren, Great Spruce Head Island, Maine
Artist
Eliot Porter
(American, 1901 - 1990)
Printer
Eliot Porter
(American, 1901 - 1990)
Date1930
MediumDye transfer print
DimensionsImage: 7 7/8 × 10 1/4 in. (20 × 26 cm)
Support: 15 × 18 in. (38.1 × 45.7 cm)
Mat: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
Support: 15 × 18 in. (38.1 × 45.7 cm)
Mat: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
ClassificationsPhotograph
Credit LineGift of August G. Schmuhl, 1984
Object number1984.554.1
DescriptionDetail of a small bird flying in front of a tree. The bird is shot from the side, flying in a horizontal direction. The wren's brownish-green belly, brown legs and the interior side of the wings are facing the viewer. Its beak is open and one eye is looking toward the viewer. The pale wood of the tree is peeling, exposing the short and black horizontal streaks of raw wood underneath.eMuseum Notes
Located in Penobscot Bay, Maine, Great Spruse Head Island or G.S.H.I is the privately owned island of the Porter family. It was purchased by James Porter, Eliot Porter's father, in 1910.
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