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Reflections

Artist Frank Weston Benson (American, 1862-1951)

Date1920

Dimensions5 x 8 in.

MediumDrypoint

ClassificationPrints

Credit LineGift of Joseph Hearst

Object number

1952.118

Not on View

Label TextA lone male Northern Pintail duck prepares to take a sip of water, its reflection rising to meet it. Writing about his success as a sporting artist—based largely on his images of ducks—Benson noted, “Since I took up etching and black and white work in connection with my painting, I have found my knowledge of and interest in birds is of a value I would never have expected. I draw them first as when I was in school, for my own amusement, but now apparently I have an audience all over the country and in England.”Published ReferencesPaff catalogue 197Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, For the Birds, April 13-October 14, 2012.