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Transdisciplinary zoologist exploring animal iconography from around the world via intersections of natural history with art & visual culture history.
Current research interests include opossum & coati iconography; the visual record of Australasian monotremes & marsupials; parrots in European art; exotic birds in early modern Dutch art; and the contributions of women to the visual record of zoology.

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Margaret Preston (Australian, 1875-1963)
Feeding, 1945
Oil on canvas, 40.5 x 40.5 cm
https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/KANGAROOS-FEEDING/D26FF4F553A3151E

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Ainslie Roberts (Australian, 1911-1993)
The Dancing , n.d.
Oil on board, 75 x 75 cm
https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/The-Dancing-Echidna/B5D8C1A3BD5165E8

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Image of what is likely a Crowned Crane (Balearica spp.), endemic to continental Africa, on the floor mosaic of the Petra Church, Jordan, 5th-6th c. CE.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jordan1222.jpg

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For 🐸:
Eric Carle (American, 1929-2021)
, n.d.
Hand painted & glazed collage with gouache on board
190x265 mm (7.5 x 10.5 in.)
https://catalogue.swanngalleries.com/Lots/auction-lot/ERIC-CARLE-(1929-2021)-Frog--%5BCHILDRENS%5D?saleno=2592&lotNo=145&refNo=786654

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For 🐸:
Andy Warhol (American, 1928-1987)
Pine Barrens Tree Frog (FS II.294), from the Endangered Species portfolio, 1983
Screenprint on Lenox Museum Board, Edition of 150, 38 x 38 in. (97 x 97 cm)
https://www.wikiart.org/en/andy-warhol/frog (© The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.)

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For 🐦‍⬛:
Totoya Hokkei (Japanese, 1780–1850)
Three against the Rising Sun, from the series Three Sheets (Mihira no uchi), mid-1810s
ink & color woodblock print on paper
8 1/4 x 7 1/4 in. (21 x 18.4 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/54157

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For :
Wilhelm Kuhnert (German, 1865–1926)
, 1905
Oil on canvas, 40 x 50 cm
🆔 Spotted Hyena, aka Laughing Hyena (Crocuta crocuta)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wilhelm_Kuhnert_Hy%C3%A4ne_1905.jpg

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Lawrence Lebduska (American, 1894 - 1966)
Two Grazing, n.d.
oil on masonite, 39 X 44 cm (15 3/8 x 17 3/8 in.)
https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/Two-Tapirs-Grazing/4DE00C055EF3464D
🆔 Malayan Tapir (Tapirus indicus), the only tapir native to Asia and the only black-and-white tapir.

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Hans Christian Scherfig (Danish, 1905-79)
with Cub, 1945
Engraving, print size 23×29.5 cm
https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/Tapir-with-cub/92835B92CFB721F387B955B7D0A45476
🆔 Malayan Tapir (Tapirus indicus), the only tapir native to Asia and the only black-and-white tapir.

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For #InternationalFlamingoDay #FlamingoFriday 🦩:
Truus Nienhuis (Dutch, 1929-2019)
Tile tableau, painted with #flamingos in a water landscape with irises, c. 1900
Earthenware, h 95.5cm × w 50.0 cm
Rijksmuseum BK-1977-247: https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/BK-1977-247
#BirdsInArt #ArtNouveau

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Belated for 🐧:
(Animal series) https://amzn.to/3w94mOy via

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For 🐧:
Henry Stacey Marks (British, 1829-1898)
Dominicans in Feathers, 1880–87
oil on canvas
H 62 cm (24.4 in) x W 185.5 cm (73 in)
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery: https://www.bmagic.org.uk/objects/1890P84/
🆔 Humboldt Penguin (Spheniscus humboldti)
“The title compares the black and white plumage of the penguins to the black and white robes of Dominican monks. It was intended to be both gently comic and more bitingly satirical.”

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formal attire:
Sergey Sudeikin
(Russian, 1882-1946)
chorus costume designs for the Broadway production of “New Faces" c. 1934
gouache, watercolor, ink, graphite on paper
1-3 Met collection
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search?q=Sergey+Sudeykin
4 Private collection
https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/Costume-Design-for-Men-Chorus-for-the-Pr/B98B4FB2F96A74155E728DA5DCF254FE

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For your festivities:
A Pair of Italian Silver -Form Magnum Wine Coolers
Mark of Mario Buccellati Sr., Milan, 1934-44
H 17 in. (42.5 cm); 290 oz. (9,023 g)
https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-5726613

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For 🐧:
Norbertine von Bresslern-Roth (Austrian, 1891-1978)
, n.d.
colored linocut, 23.4 x 17.5 cm
https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-4332239

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Wilhelm Kuhnert (German, 1865–1926)
Kakadus, c.1910
Watercolor & Gouache on paper, 28 x 17 cm
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kuhnert_Wilhelm_-_Kakadus.jpg
🆔 Pink Cockatoo (Cacatua leadbeateri) (aka Major Mitchell's Cockatoo / Leadbeater's Cockatoo)

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Hunt Slonem (American, b. 1951)
Untitled (), 1987
Watercolor & pencil on paper, h. 22-1/2 w. 30 in.
🆔 Gouldian finches (Chloebia gouldiae)

https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/hunt-slonem-american-b-1951-%20%20%20%201-c-15b47f6942

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Jemima Blackburn (Scottish, 1823-1909) Hedgehog with young in their habitat, 1858
watercolour heightened with white, 23.5 x 33cm

https://www.lskauctioncentre.co.uk/auction/lot/lot-2407---jemima-blackburn-1823-1909---hedgehog-with/?lot=540496&so=0&st=&sto=0&au=811&ef=&et=&ic=False&sd=1&pp=96&pn=4&g=1#

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Hunt Slonem (American, b. 1951)
Tondo, 1986
Oil on canvas, D 36 in. (91.44 cm)
https://invaluable.com/auction-lot/hunt-slonem-american-b-1951-turtle-tondo-390-c-74d46a6096

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Fünf Schwane, 1897
Designed by: Otto Eckmann (German, 1865–1902)
Woven by: The Kunstwebschule Scherrebek (German)
Woven wool & cotton, 241.3 x 107.3 cm (95 x 42 1/4 in.)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 1991.440: https://collections.mfa.org/objects/128196/tapestry-funf-schwane

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#TwoForTuesday :
Judy Kensley McKie (American, b. 1944)
#Opossum door handles, pair, 2003
patinated bronze, 19½ h × 2¾ w × 3¼ d in (50 × 7 × 8 cm)
https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/Opossum-door-handles--pair/F58EF6DCDFAA05F389D4A20525DA9CE6

pair of door handles in the form of stylized opossums, bronze with green patina: view 2, side profile
pair of door handles in the form of stylized opossums, bronze with green patina: view 3, closeup of heads

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Kordelia Zansui Chi (Australian, b. 1967)
, 1996
hand-colored linocut, 15 x 15 cm
https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/Echidna/2CAE714346BB1DA464DD1D954CF22087

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Something cute and fun for featuring my favorite animal on the planet:
Chris Orr (English, b. 1943)
on Holiday, 1967
Watercolor on paper, 10 x 15 cm (3¾ x 5¾ in.)
https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/PLATYPUS-ON-HOLIDAY/8E45E60C10FC9D9B39B6FEA9182F8C82

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Billy Missi (Torres Strait Islander, 1970-2012)
& , 1999
stone lithograph, 32 x 22 cm
https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/Seahorses---Squid--1999/02B4D6ADDB5329BD

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Walter Whall Battiss (South African, 1906-1982)
Guinea Fowl, n.d.
oil on board, 21 x 29.2cm (8 1/4 x 11 1/2 in)
https://www.wikiart.org/en/walter-battiss/guinea-fowl

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