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Image Not Available for April - Moon Flying in a Flock
April - Moon Flying in a Flock
Image Not Available for April - Moon Flying in a Flock

April - Moon Flying in a Flock

DateSeptember 1995
Label TextThe arrival of geese to Hesquiaht territory on the west coast of Vancouver Island is annually noted by Paul’s family. His grandmother was from Esperanza Inlet where the geese were welcomed and protected. Carved by glaciers during the last ice age, Esperanza Inlet has been home to First Nations People for millennia and is rich in birds and sea life.
Object number2018.29.178
Provenance[Pacific Editions Limited, Victoria, British Columbia]; purchased by Bruce and Mary-Louise Colwell, Seattle, Washington, Mar. 27, 1996
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Avian Avatars: Birds in Northwest Coast Prints from the Colwell Collection, Dec. 15, 2021 - June 12, 2022.
Credit LineGift of R. Bruce and Mary-Louise Colwell
DimensionsSheet: 18 x 24 in. (45.7 x 61 cm) Image :16 x 22 1/8 in. (40.6 x 56.2 cm)
MediumSilkscreen on Stonehenge cover white rag paper
February 1995
Object number: 2018.29.146
February 1995
Object number: 2018.29.172
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
1987
Object number: 2018.29.115.2
Stan Greene
February 1993
Object number: 2018.29.48
Calvin Hunt (Tlasutiwalis)
1996
Object number: 2018.29.65
Calvin Hunt (Tlasutiwalis)
July 1998
Object number: 2018.29.67
June 1999
Object number: 2018.29.1
August 2000
Object number: 2018.29.3