Bird Bath and Tree

Artist Henry Thomas Gulick

Period1960

MediumOil on masonite

Dimensions14 × 18 in. (35.6 × 45.7 cm)

SignedSigned lower left, "H. T. Gulick." Signed on reverse, "H. T. G. Sept. '60."

ClassificationsLandscapes & Still Life

Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Henry G. Gulick, 2017

Object number2017.2.13

DescriptionA dark landscape view of a large tree trunk with an ornate cast iron bird bath or planter painted white to its left. Undergrowth appears behind and beyond the tree, with some smaller bushes to its left. There is a grassy area in the foreground and to the left behind the bird bath.
NotesGulick used this composition of a tree trunk with a cast iron bird bath in an earlier work entitled Bird Bath with Two Cardinals dated August 1957. This smaller work measured only 12 by 9 inches. The bird bath also appeared as an indoor prop containing Christmas cactuses.

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