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Eagle Beak by Ellen Lanyon
Eagle Beak
Ellen Lanyon
Title
Eagle Beak
Artist
Ellen Lanyon
1926 - 2013 (biography)Year
1985
Technique
lithograph
Image Size
41 5/8 x 30 1/4" image size
Signature
pencil, lower right
Edition Size
11 of 25
Annotations
pencil titled, dated, and editioned; publisher's chop and copyright in lower left
Reference
Landfall Press EL-84-891
Paper
light gray Rives BFK France wove
State
published
Publisher
artist and Landfall Press
Inventory ID
21882
Price
$800.00
Description
Chicago printmaker Ellen Lanyon displays her exceptional drawing skills to create this large lithograph of an eagle with a fish, perched beneath an "Eagle Beak" rock outcropping, done at Landfall Press in Chicago with Master Printer Jack Lemon.
There are eagles' head rock formations thoroughout the world and this one is not identified, it may be imaginary. The composition allows the artist to explore the interplay and contrastss of the surfaces between the craggy rocks and the soft feathers of the eagle, highlighted with a bright sunlight. The eagle appears to threaten an unseen interloper who may have eyes on the its dinner, a large fish, laid out on a smooth rock.