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Author:

Olson, Roberta J. M.

Title:

Audubon's aviary : the original watercolors for The birds of America / Roberta J.M. Olson ; with an essay by Marjorie Shelley and contributions by Alexandra Mazzitelli.

Publisher:

New-York Historical Society :

Copyright Date:

2012

Description:

448 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 34 cm.

Subject:

Audubon, John James,--1785-1851.
Audubon, John James,--1785-1851.--Birds of America.
Birds--North America--Pictorial works.
Birds in art.
Ornithological illustration.
Watercolor painting, American.
Ornithologists--Biography.
Wildlife artists--Biography.

Other Authors:

Shelley, Marjorie, 1945-
Mazzitelli, Alexandra.
Audubon, John James, 1785-1851. Birds of America.
New-York Historical Society.

Notes:

Published to accompany a series of exhibitions of the New-York Historical Society's collection of Audubon's watercolors for The birds of America, beginning in 2013--Cf. pref. Includes bibliographical references (p. 436-441) and index.

Contents:

A biograhical sketch of an American icon / Roberta J.M. Olson -- Audubon's innovations and the traditions of ornithological illustration : some things old, some things borrowed, but most things new / Roberta J.M. Olson -- Drawing birds : Audubon's artistic practices / Marjorie Shelley -- Highlights from the watercolors for The birds of America / Roberta J.M. Olson -- The rest of the flock -- Listing of Audubon's bird watercolors in the New-York Historical Society / compiled by Alexandra Mazzitelli.

ISBN:

0847834832 (trade ed.)
9780847834839 (trade ed.)

LCCN:

2012933744

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)