Peregrine Falcons (Duck Hawks)
c. 1827
John James Audubon
John James Audubon (American, 1785–1851)
American Painting and Sculpture
Peregrine Falcons (Duck Hawks), c. 1827. John James Audubon (American, 1785–1851). Oil on canvas; framed: 74.9 x 101 x 10.2 cm (29 1/2 x 39 3/4 x 4 in.); unframed: 64.5 x 91.5 cm (25 3/8 x 36 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the American Foundation for the Maud E. and Warren H. Corning Botanical Collection 1964.351 Clocked at speeds more than 240 mph, peregrine falcons are the world's fastest animals.
- Maker/Artist
- Audubon, John James
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Framed: 74.9 x 101 x 10.2 cm (29 1/2 x 39 3/4 x 4 in.); Unframed: 64.5 x 91.5 cm (25 3/8 x 36 in.)
- Departments
- American Painting and Sculpture
- Accession Number
- 1964.351
- Credit Line
- Gift of the American Foundation for the Maud E. and Warren H. Corning Botanical Collection
- Exhibitions
- Year in Review (1964), Work of John James Audubon, Heritage and Horizon: American Painting 1776 - 1976, Science within Art, A Cleveland Bestiary, John James Audubon: American Artist and Naturalist, Liverpool, England, Liverpool Royal Academy, Audubon Exhibition (1827), possibly no. 188 as Two Hawks Seizing on Ducks., Cleveland, Natural Science Museum (1964); indefinite loan., Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Natural History, John James Audubon (30 April-31 June 1974); case D., Buffalo, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Heritage and Horizon: American Paintings 1776-1976 (6 March-11 April 1976); traveled to Detroit, Detroit Institute of Arts (5 May-13 June 1976); to Toledo, Toledo Museum of Art (4 July-15 August 1976); Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Art (8 September-10 October 1976); illu. cat. no. 7 as Duck Hawks., Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Science Within Art (13 February-20 April 1980), illus. cat. no. 13, p. 28, pp. 28-29 as Duck Hawks., Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Art, A Cleveland Bestiary (14 October-15 December 1981) illus. cat. no. 36, p. 42; listed p. 62, no, 36 as Duck Hawks., New York, Grey Art Gallery and Study Center, John James Audubon & His Sons (26 April - 5 June 1982) illus. cat. no. 31, p. 69 as Duck Hawks by John James Audubon (they attribute it to the artist himself, not his sons)., Cleveland Musuem of Natural History, Cleveland, OH (February 10, 2007 - April 29, 2007): "John James Audubon: American Artist and Naturalist"
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 205 Federal American
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