Songbird

James Denmark American

1972

Not on view

Artwork Details

Title: Songbird
Artist: James Denmark (American, born 1936)
Date: 1972
Medium: Cut and pasted fabric and painted papers on cardboard
Dimensions: 29 3/4 × 17 3/4 in. (75.6 × 45.1 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: Gift of Bertina Carter Hunter, 1978
Object Number: 1978.313
Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art

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