The Upper Part of a Door
- Medium
- Etching and drypoint on off-white laid paper, laid down on ivory wove paper
- Dimensions
- Plate: 30.5 × 40 cm (12 1/16 × 15 3/4 in.); Primary support: 28.5 × 38.7 cm (11 1/4 × 15 1/4 in.); Secondary support: 46.5 × 36 cm (18 5/16 × 14 3/16 in.)
- Genre
- etching
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Tags
printprints and drawingetchingpaper (fiber product)
About
At the age of nineteen, Felix Braquemond executed this print, one of the best-known works of his career. On an old barn door are nailed a crow and an owl flanking a bat; beneath them is a sparrow hawk. The small message tacked to the door beneath the birds warns against the dangers of man's predatory nature.
