Ruby Throat Hummingbirds
Date1992
Label Text“Hummingbird sat beside Raven at the Feast of Thunder. He asked Raven to scratch his back. Raven felt an opportunity to do wrong and stole the feather. That night as Raven slept, a lightning bolt hit his house and thunder kept him awake. The next day Raven, with no sleep, returned the feather.” — Robert Sebastian
Object number2020.4.8
Provenance[Pacific Editions Ltd., Victoria,
British Columbia]; purchased from gallery by Bruce Colwell,
Seattle, Washington; to Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 2020
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
DimensionsFrame: 35 1/4 x 16 1/4 in. (89.5 x 41.3 cm)
MediumSerigraph
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