Pileated Woodpecker NYHS - Oppenheimer Edition
Name/Title
Pileated Woodpecker NYHS - Oppenheimer EditionEntry/Object ID
JJA.2024.1.22Description
This print is a New York Historical Society Oppenheimer Edition that is a facsimile of John James Audubon's "Pileated Woodpecker" painting which was used to create the print in The Birds of America. In this print, four large woodpeckers: 1 adult male, 1 adult female, and 2 young males. The birds are perched in various positions on the trunk of a dead tree wrapped with a grapevine. The female bird sits at the top with a caterpillar in her beak. The adult male below her uses his beak to create a hole in the trunk. The young males are facing one another with their beaks partially open.Artwork Details
Medium
water color, InkSubject
Pileated WoodpeckersSubject Place
Location
PennsylvaniaCollection
John James Audubon Museum Collection, Martin Sidor CollectionMade/Created
Artist Information
John James Audubon (1785-1851)
New York Historical Society