Old Squaw No. 2

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Old Squaw No. 2

Artist Frank Weston Benson American, 1862-1951

Date1918

DimensionsOverall: 4 7/8 x 9 13/16 in. (12.4 x 24.9 cm)

MediumDrypoint

ClassificationPrints

Credit LineGift of Joseph Hearst

Object number

1951.442

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Published ReferencesPaff catalogue 144Exhibition HistoryTMA show: Patterns for the Eye, 1/6/97 - 3/23/97 Images From America Sept./Oct. 1995 Toledo Museum of Art, For the Birds, April 13-October 14, 2012.Label TextIn this image Benson concentrates on his fascination with flying ducks, depicting a flock of Long-tailed Ducks (formerly called Oldsquaws) gliding overhead, the long central tail feathers and contrasting black and white markings of the males clearly evident. As one critic wrote in 1915 of Benson’s duck prints, “The very ecstasy of flight is expressed in the swift gliding of these birds in the air. It is as natural as breathing; and to see them flying is to feel that you, too, could fly.”