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The Osprey by Zena Kavin

The Osprey by Zena Kavin

The Osprey

Zena Kavin

Title

The Osprey

 
Artist

Zena Kavin

  1912 - 2003 (biography)
Year
c. 1935  
Technique
lithograph 
Image Size
13 5/8 x 10 1/2" image 
Signature
pencil, lower left; stone initialled, l.r. 
Edition Size
14 of 20  
Annotations
pencil numbered and titled 
Reference
illustrated in St. Gaudens/Schiffer, Emerging from the Shadows, Vol. II pg. 595 
Paper
cream wove Warrens Olde Style 
State
published 
Publisher
artist 
Inventory ID
7740 
Price
SOLD
Description

Zena Kavin worked as a cartoonist and illustrator for the Saturday Evening Post, The New Yorker and Collier's, using the pseudonym "Corka. Her work was often satirical and Surrealist, adding her unique twist to her imagery, often anthropomorphizing her subject.

This lithograph, done around 1935 depicts an osprey, dressed as a harlequin, having caught a fish that is even more elaborately decorated. A surreal fantasy or perhaps, a political nightmare. Who the fisher and who the fish represent is now left to the viewers imagination.