The Little Pigeon

Mark Leithauser, artist

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).”

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"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).”