Olson, Roberta J. M.
New York : New-York Historical Society : Skira Rizzoli, 2012.
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Notes:

• Published to accompany a series of exhibitions of the New-York Historical Society’s collection of Audubon’s watercolors for The birds of America, beginning in 2013–Cf. pref.
• Deluxe ed., issued in a slipcase box, includes a hand-produced facsimile of an Audubon watercolor.
• Includes bibliographical references (p. 436-441) and index.
• A biographical sketch of an American icon / Roberta J.M. Olson — Audubon’s innovations and the traditions of ornithological illustration : some things old, some things borrowed, but most things new / Roberta J.M. Olson — Drawing birds : Audubon’s artistic practices / Marjorie Shelley — Highlights from the watercolors for The birds of America / Roberta J.M. Olson — The rest of the flock — Listing of Audubon’s bird watercolors in the New-York Historical Society / compiled by Alexandra Mazzitelli.

Subjects:

• Audubon, John James, 1785-1851. Birds of America — Exhibitions.
• Birds — North America — Pictorial works — Exhibitions.
• Birds in art — Exhibitions.
• Ornithological illustration — Exhibitions.
• Watercolor painting, American — Exhibitions.
• Audubon, John James, 1785-1851.
• Ornithologists — United States — Biography.
• Wildlife artists — United States — Biography.
• New-York Historical Society — Exhibitions.

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