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Birds

Songbirds, waterbirds, cranes and parrots from Japanese bird-and-flower prints and European natural-history drawings, made for a tall screen that stays bright all day.

Birds: the collection's first works, side by side
The collection's first works, side by side. On a screen each work shows whole, with its placard.

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Works from Art Institute of Chicago and The Cleveland Museum of Art · public domain (CC0)

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The 24 works

In the order the collection plays them, each with what it shows. Every title links to the work's page at its museum.

  • Parrot on plum tree (opens in a new tab) · Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川 広重 (Japanese, 1797-1858) · 1830s · Color woodblock print; chuban · Art Institute of Chicago · CC0An orange and blue parrot perches on a branch of white plum blossom beside a column of handwritten poetry.
  • Bird Study: Rosy Faced Love Bird (opens in a new tab) · George Edwards (British, 1694–1773) · c. 1714–73 · watercolor with gouache · The Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0A green lovebird with a rosy face sits on a leafy branch, with hills and woods below a grey-blue sky.
  • Cranes in an Iris Pond at Sunrise (opens in a new tab) · Attributed to Isoda Koryusai (Japanese, 1735-1790) · c. 1774 · Color woodblock print; chuban · Art Institute of Chicago · CC0Three white cranes and two young birds among blue irises at the edge of a pond, with a large red sun rising behind golden clouds.
  • Sparrows, Bamboo and Falling Snow (opens in a new tab) · Keisai Eisen (Japanese, 1790–1848) · c. late 1820s · color woodblock print · The Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0Two brown sparrows fly between stalks of bamboo as snow falls.
  • Bush Warbler and Rose (Kocho, bara), from an untitled series of flowers and birds (opens in a new tab) · Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾 北斎 (Japanese, 1760-1849) · c. 1834 · Color woodblock print; chuban · Art Institute of Chicago · CC0A small yellow bush warbler perches among pink roses on a pale green ground.
  • Bird Study: Bohemian Waxwing (opens in a new tab) · George Edwards (British, 1694–1773) · c. 1714–73 · watercolor with gouache · The Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0A grey waxwing with a crest and red-tipped wings sits on a slender branch against a blue sky and distant hills.
  • Swallows, kingfisher, and hibiscus (opens in a new tab) · Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川 広重 (Japanese, 1797-1858) · c. 1830s · Color woodblock print; chuban · Art Institute of Chicago · CC0Two swallows swoop above a kingfisher perched on a branch of pink hibiscus with dark green leaves.
  • Two Egrets in the Snow (opens in a new tab) · Isoda Koryusai (Japanese, 1735-1790) · c. 1773 · Color woodblock print; chuban · Art Institute of Chicago · CC0Two white egrets stand in snow at the edge of a green stream under a soft pink sky.
  • Cherry Tree and Pheasant (opens in a new tab) · Komatsuya Hyakki (Japanese, 1720-1793 (?)) · 1765 · Color woodblock print; chuban · Art Institute of Chicago · CC0A dark green pheasant with a long golden tail pecks at the grass beneath a white-flowering cherry tree on green hills, with a poem above.
  • Tokyo Views: Ducks (opens in a new tab) · Tsuchiya Kōitsu (Japanese, 1870–1949) · 1940 · color woodcut · The Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0Two mallard ducks fly low over reeds beneath a pale full moon in a blue-grey night sky.
  • Cuckoo and Azaleas (Hototogisu, satsuki) (opens in a new tab) · Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾 北斎 (Japanese, 1760-1849) · c. 1834 · Color woodblock print; chuban · Art Institute of Chicago · CC0A cuckoo flies down past soft clouds toward a bank of pink and white azaleas.
  • Mandarin Ducks and Lotus (opens in a new tab) · Ren Yi (Chinese, 1840-1895) · Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1892 · Hanging scroll; ink and colors on paper · Art Institute of Chicago · CC0A pair of mandarin ducks rest among broad grey ink lotus leaves, with a line of calligraphy at the top left.
  • Floral Designs with a Blue Bird (opens in a new tab) · Giacomo Cavenezia (Italian) · c. 1773/74 · pen and black and brown ink, brush and black and brown wash, watercolor and gouache, over traces of black chalk · The Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0A sheet of colourful flower sprays in pink, yellow and blue, with a small blue bird among them.
  • Hawk on a Plum Branch (opens in a new tab) · Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川 歌麿 (Japanese, c.1753-1806) · 1800 · Color woodblock print; aiban · Art Institute of Chicago · CC0A grey speckled hawk perches calmly on a gnarled branch of white plum blossom.
  • Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea) (opens in a new tab) · India (West Bengal, Kolkata) · Company School, c. 1780-1820 · Watercolor on watermarked paper · Art Institute of Chicago · CC0A tall brown heron with a long beak and speckled neck stands in profile on cream paper.
  • Sparrow on camellia branch (opens in a new tab) · Utagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu) (Japanese, 1826–1869) · c. 1847/52 · Color woodblock print; koban · Art Institute of Chicago · CC0A small grey bird with a dark cap sits on a camellia branch with pink and red flowers and a short poem.
  • Puppies, Sparrows, and Chrysanthemums (opens in a new tab) · Nagasawa Rosetsu (Japanese, 1754–1799) · c. 1792–94 · Fusuma panel remounted as a hanging scroll; ink and slight color on paper · The Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0Small sparrows flutter over a pale bush of chrysanthemums while two round puppies play below, in soft ink and colour.
  • Cuckoo flying over deutzia flowers (opens in a new tab) · Komatsuya Hyakki (Japanese, 1720–1793 (?)) · c. 1766 · Color woodblock print; chuban · Art Institute of Chicago · CC0A cuckoo flies above white clouds over sprays of small white deutzia flowers, with lines of poetry beside it.
  • Florida Jay (opens in a new tab) · Robert Havell (English, 1793-1878) (after John James Laforest Audubon (American, 1785-1851)) · 1830 · Hand-colored engraving, with aquatint, on ivory wove paper · Art Institute of Chicago · CC0Two blue-and-grey Florida scrub jays among leafy branches hung with small yellow fruit, on a wide cream sheet.
  • Plum Blossoms, Crane, and Spring (opens in a new tab) · Xugu (Chinese, 1824-1896) · Qing dynasty ( 1644–1912); 1824–1896; c.1892 · Hanging scroll; ink and colors on paper · Art Institute of Chicago · CC0A white crane flies above a tangle of ink plum branches on pale paper, with calligraphy to the right.
  • Floral Designs with Two Birds (opens in a new tab) · Giacomo Cavenezia (Italian) · 1774 · pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, gouache and watercolor, over traces of black chalk · The Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0Pink and white flowers on a cream sheet with a yellow bird and a red bird standing among them.
  • Animal Studies: Two Silver Herons (opens in a new tab) · Theo van Hoytema (Dutch, 1863–1917) · 1898 · embossed lithograph · The Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0Two white herons stand close together at the edge of dark water, drawn in soft grey.
  • Ducks at play (opens in a new tab) · Félix Bracquemond (French, 1833–1914) · c. 1870 · etching and drypoint · The Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0Ducks swim and dive among tall reeds and lily pads on a quiet pond, in a fine black and white etching.
  • The Pheasants (opens in a new tab) · Félix Bracquemond (French, 1833–1914) · 1899 · etching · The Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0A cock pheasant stands upright in heather and long grass while a hen pheasant pecks at the ground beside it.

Credits and review status

Every work is in the public domain under its museum's own CC0 release, resized for screens by Denframe. Each work's title, creator and museum also travel inside the file and show on its placard.

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