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DEACESSIONED February 28, 2013
Blue bird (one of a pair)
Edward Marshall Boehm (1912–1969)
American
1960
Medium/Technique
Porcelain
Dimensions
30.48 x 30.48 x 20.32 cm (12 x 12 x 8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of R. Thornton Wilson in memory of Florence Ellsworth Wilson
Accession Number61.641
CollectionsContemporary Art, Americas
DescriptionA polychromed porcelain sculpture of a blue bird, wings folded, with two stalks of flowering rhododendron, on a white plinth.
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.