Styles Genres Museums Artists Support

An open visual arts database with 1,000,000+ artworks, 85,000+ artists, and 1,800+ styles spanning centuries of human creativity.

Browse

Styles
Genres
Museums
Artists
Favorites

Popular Styles

Impressionism
Romanticism
Surrealism
Pop Art
Cubism
Realism

Museums

Art Institute of Chicago
MoMA
Rijksmuseum
Cleveland Museum of Art
The MET
Louvre

VisualArtsDB is free and open for everyone.

Support the project

© 2026 VisualArtsDB

The Song of the Flea, from A Bestiary by Aubrey Schwartz — VisualArtsDB

Home
Letterpress
The Song of the Flea, from A Bestiary

The Song of the Flea, from A Bestiary

The Song of the Flea, from A Bestiary

Aubrey Schwartz

1962

Medium: Lithograph in black on cream wove paper
Dimensions: Image: 43.5 × 30.2 cm (17 3/16 × 11 15/16 in.); Sheet: 46 × 38.5 cm (18 1/8 × 15 3/16 in.)
Genre: Letterpress
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

Tags

letterpressprintprints and drawingpaper (fiber product)

More by Aubrey Schwartz

Two Tarantulas

Two Tarantulas

Aubrey Schwartz, 1962

Monkey, from A Bestiary

Monkey, from A Bestiary

Aubrey Schwartz, 1962

Bat, from A Bestiary

Bat, from A Bestiary

Aubrey Schwartz, 1962

Mice, from A Bestiary

Mice, from A Bestiary

Aubrey Schwartz, 1962

The Song of the Flea, from A Bestiary

The Song of the Flea, from A Bestiary

Aubrey Schwartz, 1962

Man with Cigar, plate IX from The Midget and the Dwarf

Man with Cigar, plate IX from The Midget and the Dwarf

Aubrey Schwartz, 1960

Faces - Triptych [right half]

Faces - Triptych [right half]

Aubrey Schwartz, 1961

Tortoise Head

Tortoise Head

Aubrey Schwartz, 1962

Lizards and Snakes, from A Bestiary

Lizards and Snakes, from A Bestiary

Aubrey Schwartz, 1962

Lizards and Snakes

Lizards and Snakes

Aubrey Schwartz, 1962

Porcupine

Porcupine

Aubrey Schwartz, 1962

Iguanas and Horned Lizards, from A Bestiary

Iguanas and Horned Lizards, from A Bestiary

Aubrey Schwartz, 1962