Sea Bird

Print

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Purdue University Galleries

Name/Title

Sea Bird

Entry/Object ID

2026.09.411

Description

Color lithograph print of a seabird on rocks looking out on the ocean

Type of Print

Color lithograph

Acquisition

Accession

2026.09

Source or Donor

Purdue University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections

Acquisition Method

Transfer

Made/Created

Artist

Max Kahn

Date made

1959

Edition

Edition

Sea Bird

Edition Size

131

Edition Number

17

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Signature

Location

Bottom right

Transcription

Max Kahn 59

Type

Title

Location

Bottom left, slightly toward the middle

Transcription

Sea Bird

Type

Print number and run

Location

Bottom left

Transcription

17/131

Type

Stamp

Location

Back, bottom left quadrant

Transcription

This original color lithography by Max Kahn was printed by the artist in an edition of 131 impressions as the 1958 gift to the members of the Print and Drawing Club of the Art Institute of Chicago