Three Birds Flying1969Sheet: 22 x 32 " (55.9 x 81.3 cm)
Frame: 19 x 38 1/2 x 1 1/4 " (48.3 x 97.8 x 3.2 cm)Oil pastel on brown woven paper with oak frameGift of Mr. & Mrs. Alexander Sackton1985.1.60152566502Eddie ArningDrawingsCopyright for this work is under review.Print source on back: "Our Vanishing Tidelands"AustinAustinUnited StatesTexasPaintingsAustinDRAWINGBased on colored drawing in Reader's Digest 91, 545, September 1967, pp.134-135(Including construction) Three overlapping birds with outspread wings flying across middle ground: turquoise wings in top view, ultra-marine bodies in side view. Eyes are red circles with black centers, yellow beaks and band around necks. Four stylized trees behind birds' heads, water with green grass LRS, green patch with tall grasses LLS. On striped ground in green white and black; 1/2' silver inner border, 1" (sight) black border four sides. 19691969 1985 1 6 DRAWINGBased on colored drawing in Reader's Digest 91, 545, September 1967, pp.134-135(Including construction) Three overlapping birds with outspread wings flying across middle ground: turquoise wings in top view, ultra-marine bodies in side view. Eyes are red circles with black centers, yellow beaks and band around necks. Four stylized trees behind birds' heads, water with green grass LRS, green patch with tall grasses LLS. On striped ground in green white and black; 1/2' silver inner border, 1" (sight) black border four sides.