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Félix Henri Bracquemond

The Upper Part of a Door

1852
Etching and drypoint on off-white laid paper, laid down on ivory wove paper
30.5 × 40 cm (12 × 15.7 in)

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FROM THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO’S CATALOG

At the age of nineteen, Felix Braquemond executed this print, one of the best-known works of his career. On an old barn door are nailed a crow and an owl flanking a bat; beneath them is a spar­row hawk. The small message tacked to the door beneath the birds warns against the dangers of man's predatory nature.

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