{"object":[{"sourceId":{"label":"Source ID","value":"979"},"copyright":{"label":"Copyright","value":"Copyright for this work is under review."},"titlesPopular":{"label":"Title (popular)","value":"Pair of Birds"},"creditline":{"label":"Credit Line","value":"Gift of Elizabeth Ross Johnson"},"endDate":{"label":"End Date","value":"1982"},"sortNumber":{"label":"Sort Number","value":"1985    35   13"},"invno":{"label":"Accession number","value":"1985.35.13"},"description":{"label":"Description","value":"(including construction) (13A.) Vertical figure of abstract bird in profile, beak open, arm-like wing raised towards beak. Elongated body tapering and ending in two leg-like tail feathers with chamfered corners. Wide head, top half and top beak painted black with pale ping octagonal plastic disc attached with wire; lower beak painted blue. LS of head with several short verticle cuts for feathery effect, ending LS with long black hair like feathers slit vertically and caught with lavender satin bow. Bottom half of head painted grayish white to wings. Projection with hole, LS, painted red; body painted red to R leg. Raised wing painted blue and black with white feathered tips and white satin bow. L leg painted white extending upward, midway to red area. White satin bow R leg with traces of pink remaining. Back painted mottled blue and red. (13B) Silhouetted vertical figure of abstract bird in profile, with opean beak, arm raised, rectangular L arm projecting 1 1/2\" from boy with chamfered corners. Elongated nody tapering and ending in two triangular legs with chamfered corners, L leg black, R leg white, colors extending midway up body with green satin bow on black leg. Raised arm paint blue with white feathered tips; faded yellow satin bow attached with string. Bulbous forehead and upper beak painted black, top of head with vertical slits and white bow and orangey-pink plastic octagonal disc, each side. Lower beak painted blue, neck painted white and body and L wing painted red. Back is mottled blue and red."},"medium":{"label":"Medium","value":"Paint on metal, plastic, satin"},"geographyPlaceregion":{"label":"Place/Region","value":"Patterson"},"media":{"label":"Media","value":{"mediaURL":"https://collection.folkartmuseum.org/internal/media/dispatcher/1721/full","mediaDepartment":"Object Photographs","mediaType":"Image","mediaId":"1721"}},"title":{"label":"Title","value":"Untitled"},"geographyCity":{"value":"Patterson"},"textEntriesWebsitedisplaytext":{"value":["reviewed for the IMLS Neurodiversity Project by Art Bridges Fellow Austin Losada 2026","Animals","Correspondence between Fran Lieu and Richard Gasperi in 1989 establishes that Gasperi possibly purchased the work in 1980. Purchase records provided by the Teal Group indicate that the work was purchased from Gasperi in 1982. While these dates reflect purchase dates and not creation date, they establish that the work was made prior to 1982. An exact date cannot be ascertained from the material or formal quality of the work. Best-knowledge date for his earliest works coincide with the purchase of the house he decorated with his works in 1965."]},"bibliography":{"label":"Bibliography","value":""},"collections":{"label":"Collections","value":"Three Dimensional Works"},"titlesDescriptive":{"label":"Title (descriptive)","value":"Pair of Birds"},"geography":{"label":"Geography","value":"Patterson"},"titlesFormer":{"label":"Title (former)","value":"Pair of Birds"},"id":{"label":"Id","value":"152891"},"geographyState":{"value":"Louisiana"},"titlesArtists":{"label":"Title (artist's/given)","value":"Pair of Birds"},"geographyCountry":{"value":"United States"},"titlesTranslation":{"label":"Title (translated)","value":"Pair of Birds"},"onview":{"label":"On View","value":"0"},"titles":{"label":"Titles","value":"Pair of Birds"},"people":{"label":"Artist / Maker","value":{"displayOrder":"1","personRole":"Artist","personID":"288","content":"David Butler"}},"classifications":{"label":"Classification(s)","value":"Sculpture"},"textEntries":{"label":"Text Entries","value":["reviewed for the IMLS Neurodiversity Project by Art Bridges Fellow Austin Losada 2026","Animals","Correspondence between Fran Lieu and Richard Gasperi in 1989 establishes that Gasperi possibly purchased the work in 1980. Purchase records provided by the Teal Group indicate that the work was purchased from Gasperi in 1982. While these dates reflect purchase dates and not creation date, they establish that the work was made prior to 1982. An exact date cannot be ascertained from the material or formal quality of the work. Best-knowledge date for his earliest works coincide with the purchase of the house he decorated with his works in 1965."]},"beginDate":{"label":"Begin Date","value":"1965"},"displayDate":{"label":"Date","value":"1965\u20131982"},"exhibitions":{"label":"Exhibitions","value":[{"exhibitionDisplayDate":"Tuesday, February 15, 2005 - Sunday, September 4, 2005","exhibitionEndISODate":"2005-09-04","exhibitionID":"200","exhibitionISOBeginDate":"2005-02-15","exhibitionBeginDate":"2005","exhibitionTitle":"Ancestry and Innovation (Travel)","exhibitionEndDate":"2005"},{"exhibitionDisplayDate":"Friday, May 16, 1986 - Friday, September 12, 1986","exhibitionEndISODate":"1986-09-14","exhibitionID":"293","exhibitionISOBeginDate":"1986-05-27","exhibitionBeginDate":"1986","exhibitionTitle":"Muffled Voices","exhibitionEndDate":"1986"}]},"dimensions":{"label":"Dimensions","value":"Each: 18 3/4 x 7 1/2 \" (47.6 x 19.1 cm)"},"titlesInscribed":{"label":"Title (inscribed)","value":"Pair of Birds"}}]}