Whooping Cranes with Polluted Sky

Work on Paper

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DePaul Art Museum

Name/Title

Whooping Cranes with Polluted Sky

Entry/Object ID

2019.34

Description

Two whooping cranes facing away from each other standing in water. Behind them is a scene of two mountain peeks with a polluted sky.

Artwork Details

Medium

Archival inkjet print

Context

The whooping crane is an endangered species. The artist sells prints through The Endangered Species Print Project, where 50% of the purchase price is donated to Operation Migration, supporting Whooping Crane conservation. “The Endangered Species Print Project,” a collaborative project led by Kendler and Molly Schafer from 2009–18 in an effort to raise awareness in support of conserving critically endangered species. The prints were produced in edition sizes that reflected the number of living animals or plants of a particular species at the time of creation. Considered one of the rarest big cats in the world, there were only forty-five Amur leopards in 2013. Today, the total population is estimated to be closer to 120.

Acquisition

Accession

2019.26-64, 72-78

Source or Donor

Browne Goodwin

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of Browne and Diane Goodwin

Made/Created

Artist

Jenny Kendler

Date made

2013

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Class

Art

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Pollution, Air pollution, Cranes (Birds), Whooping cranes, Environmental art

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

(framed) 10.37 in x 8.37 in. x .68 in.

Dimension Notes

26.35 cm. x 21.27 cm. x 1.74 cm.