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(Two Birds on a Branch) by Anthony La Paglia

(Two Birds on a Branch) by Anthony La Paglia

(Two Birds on a Branch)

Anthony La Paglia

Title

(Two Birds on a Branch)

 
Artist

Anthony La Paglia

  1897 - 1993 (biography)
Year
c. 1930  
Technique
color woodcut 
Image Size
13 9/16 x 9 1/4" image 
Signature
pencil, lower right 
Edition Size
not stated; presumed to be small 
Annotations
none 
Reference
 
Paper
antique-white laid Japanese 
State
published 
Publisher
artist 
Inventory ID
DRW2056 
Price
SOLD
Description
La Paglia was obviously an amateur ornithologist who delighted in the contrasting colors, interesting feather patterns, intricate designs, and the unique characteristics that gave life to the voiceless birds in his color woodcuts. He perched his pairs on branches from which hung a few decorative leaves and placed them against flat, neutral backgrounds. La Paglia seldom annotated his color woodcuts with anything but his signature so it is up to us to identify his birds. Any takers? Can you identify these two birds?