The Little Pigeon, Mark Leithauser

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Mark Leithauser, The Little Pigeon
Mark Leithauser, The Little Pigeon
Mark Leithauser
The Little Pigeon
1981
Mark Leithauser
born 1950
The Little Pigeon, 1981
Where object was made: United States
Material/technique: etching
Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 299 x 315 mm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 11 3/4 x 12 3/8 in
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 414 x 504 mm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 16 5/16 x 19 13/16 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 20 x 25 in
Credit line: Gift of Hal M. Davison, Class of 1949
Accession number: 1998.0434
Not on display
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Brosseau Center for Learning: Principles of Organismal Biology Fall 2019
Asked to describe the setting of this print Leithauser replied, “The Little Pigeon was actually inspired by two poems [by the artist’s brother, Brad Leithauser], ‘Dead Elms by a River,’ and ‘Canoeing at Night.’ When I was a boy Dutch Elm Disease spread through Michigan, decimating the forests (in fact, I lived on Elm Park Blvd—imagine what happened to that beautiful street). All of those grand trees came down at the same time, having lost all extraneous branches and bark—just the silvery hard core (the description in the poem is wonderful).”
Exhibition Label: "Trees & Other Ramifications: Branches in Nature & Culture," Mar-2009, Steve Goddard Asked to describe the setting of this print Leithauser replied, “The Little Pigeon was actually inspired by two poems [by the artist’s brother, Brad Leithauser], Dead Elms by a River, and Canoeing at Night. When I was a boy Dutch Elm Disease spread through Michigan, decimating the forests (in fact, I lived on Elm Park Blvd-imagine what happened to that beautiful street). All of those grand trees came down at the same time, having lost all extraneous branches and bark-just the silvery hard core (the description in the poem is wonderful).”

Exhibitions

Brosseau Center for Learning: Principles of Organismal Biology Fall 2019
2019
Trees & Other Ramifications: Branches in Nature & Culture
Stephen Goddard, curator
2010–2011
Trees & Other Ramifications: Branches in Nature & Culture
Stephen Goddard, curator
2009–2011
Trees & Other Ramifications: Branches in Nature & Culture
Stephen Goddard, curator
2009

Citations

Woodard, Bill, ed., and Stephen Goddard, exhibition organizer. Trees & Other Ramifications: Branches in Nature and Culture. Lawrence, Kansas: Spencer Museum of Art, The University of Kansas, 2009.