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DEACESSIONED February 28, 2013
Blue bird (one of a pair)
Edward Marshall Boehm (1912–1969)
American
1960
Object Place: Trenton, New Jersey
Medium/Technique
Porcelain
Dimensions
34.29 x 29.21 x 22.86 cm (13 1/2 x 11 1/2 x 9 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of R. Thornton Wilson in memory of Florence Ellsworth Wilson
Accession Number61.640
CollectionsContemporary Art, Americas
DescriptionA polychromed porcelain sculpture of a blue bird, wings spread, with two stalks of flowering rhododendron, on a white plinth. One leaf is detached.
Provenance1961, Gift of R. Thornton Wilson (Accession Date: June 7, 1961); February 28, 2013, deaccessioned by the MFA for sale through Rago Auctions, Lambertville, New Jersey.