Cockatoos
Date2001
Artist
Hunt Slonem
(American painter, born 1951)
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions77 1/2 × 108 in. (196.9 × 274.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of James V. Tigani, Jr., 2004
Object number2004-24
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPAINTING
Label TextGrowing up in Hawaii, Slonem became particularly fond of birds, and he has lived with them since the 1980s. Elements of the bird cage--the bars, perches, and wire--structure his paintings.