An A for Apteryx

Artist
Barry CLEAVIN (New Zealander, b.1939): Maker
 Production date
1993

Production place
Christchurch, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand
Description
An image of bird skeleton (possibly a moa - Apteryx being the genus of flightless birds) facing an 'A' shaped block form. These objects are placed within a flat and bare landscape with a sun/moon in the sky. There are horizontal perspectival lines that receeding to the horizon line and drafting lines intersecting the 'A' form, which show that it has been rendered in three point perspective. The bird skeleton, however, casts a shadow 'against' the sky area, which confuses the sense of depth otherwise conveyed in the image.
Medium
Etching and aquatint on paper
Measurements
Dimensions: 1 - Support: 364 x 427mm
Dimensions: 2 - Image: 177 x 247mm
Dimensions: 3 - Frame: 422 x 482mm
Edition
1/15
Related information
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Cleavin
Credit line
Gifted by Ann and John Hercus in 2014
Accession number
1310

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