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Arctic Gyrfalcon
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Arctic Gyrfalcon

Artist/Maker Louis Agassiz Fuertes United States, 1874 - 1927
Date1926
MediumWatercolor and Gouache on Board
Dimensionssight: 21 1/2 × 29 1/4 in. (54.6 × 74.3 cm) frame: 35 × 42 1/4 in. (88.9 × 107.3 cm)
Credit LineJKM Collection, National Museum of Wildlife Art
Object numberJL2002.008
ClassificationsPainting
Signedsigned lower left
On View
Not on view
DescriptionAn arctic gyrfalcon sits on a cliff, hanging over the ocean, in front of a clear blue sky. The bird faces the left, but his head is turned towards the front.
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