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Bird Bath

© Estate of Abraham Rattner

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© Estate of Abraham Rattner

Image downloads are for educational use only. For all other purposes, please see our Obtaining and Using Images page.

Abraham Rattner

American, 1893-1978

Bird Bath, 1944

oil on canvas

support: 25 1/2 x 21 1/4 inches (64.77 x 53.975 cm)

Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York

Room of Contemporary Art Fund, 1946

RCA1946:3

More Details

Inscriptions

signature / lower right / Rattner

Class

Paintings

Work Type

Oil painting

Information may change due to ongoing research.Glossary of Terms

Animals

A bright yellow cow, seen from the rear, sits in a grassy field on the left side of this horizontally oriented canvas. On the right, a reddish path leads into a dense woodland, and above the cow on the left, a narrow rectangle of pink sky emerges behind rolling green hills. Short red flowers are visible in the foreground, and a single, scraggly tree juts out of the ground in the upper-left corner. The colors are soft and bright, suggesting a warm, sunny day. — Milton Avery

Bucolic Landscape , 1945

Dinamismo di un cane al guinzaglio (Dynamism of a Dog on a Leash) — Giacomo Balla

Dinamismo di un cane al guinzaglio (Dynamism of a Dog on a Leash) , 1912

A number of animals congregate in the bottom right foreground of this horizontally oriented painting. A bull stands next to a lion beneath a mass of trees that extend from the right edge of the image, and at their feet rests a wolf accompanied by two lambs. Small children interact with additional beasts at the lower edge of the painting. At the left side of the painting, the trees give way to a view of a body of water and verdant hills beneath a pink-tinged sky. — Edward Hicks

Peaceable Kingdom , ca. 1848

A muscular white dog on a chain leash and the lower legs of its owner are visible beneath a dark blue trapezoid that fills the upper quarter of this vertically oriented canvas. The pair stand on sidewalk abutting a stretch of road perforated by a storm drain. The dog’s head and tail are lowered, and its front two legs extended as if caught in the moment springing forward. The artist’s palette of black, beige, and grey conveys a dark and tense atmosphere. — Francis Bacon

Man with Dog , 1953

Marc Chagall

La Vie paysanne (Peasant Life) , 1925

This painting features at center a young man in a blue and red military uniform and carrying a rifle mounted on a chestnut brown horse. They ride through a winter landscape. Light snow covers the ground, perforated by small clumps of brown and dried-looking grasses. A cluster of tall pine trees fills the upper-left corner and a few additional trees frame the right edge of the canvas. The small patch of sky visible behind the rider is tinged the light pink of dawn. — Jean Baptiste Edouard Detaille

The Dragoon , 1896

Lombardy Ploughing Team — James Craig Annan

Lombardy Ploughing Team , 1894

Le marché aux chevaux (The Horse Fair) — Rosa Bonheur

Le marché aux chevaux (The Horse Fair) , ca. 1852

Untitled — Peter Agostini

Untitled , 1956

Untitled — Peter Agostini

Untitled , 1956

Untitled — Peter Agostini

Untitled , 1956

Untitled — Peter Agostini

Untitled , 1956

Untitled — Peter Agostini

Untitled , 1961

Untitled (for Lionel Maunz) — Kai Althoff

Untitled (for Lionel Maunz) , 2008

2038 — Janine Antoni

2038 , 2000

Saddle — Janine Antoni

Saddle , 2000

Cat in the Night from the portfolio Cats — Karel Appel

Cat in the Night from the portfolio Cats , 1978

Cats — Karel Appel

Cats , 1978

Man and Beast — Karel Appel

Man and Beast , 1950

The Cat — Karel Appel

The Cat , 1951

[Man with Fish on Head] — Karel Appel

[Man with Fish on Head] , 1963

Two Sisters with Puppy and Flowers — Arthur Armstrong

Two Sisters with Puppy and Flowers , 1842

Charlie — Anne Arnold

Charlie , 1969

Charlotte — Anne Arnold

Charlotte , 1971

Caprice — Leonard Baskin

Caprice , 1963

White Bird — William Baziotes

White Bird , 1957

The March of Silenus — William Holbrook Beard

The March of Silenus , ca. 1862

Farm Yard — George Wesley Bellows

Farm Yard , ca. 1919

The Year of the Horse — Varujan Boghosian

The Year of the Horse , 1968

Jigsaw Dog in Garden — John Randolph Carter

Jigsaw Dog in Garden , 1968

Large Bird Shape — Chryssa

Large Bird Shape , 1973-1975

Neon Bird — Chryssa

Neon Bird , 1969

Picador on a White Horse — Javier Clavo Gil

Picador on a White Horse , 1951

Bull Dying — Vicente Clavo Gil

Bull Dying , 1952

Room With a View - A Return to Nature — Don Cooper

Room With a View - A Return to Nature , 1984

Lions — Lovis Corinth

Lions , 1916

Memories of Childhood — Virginia Cuthbert

Memories of Childhood , 1952

Horse with Head Lowered — Edgar Degas

Horse with Head Lowered , ca. 1885 (cast executed 1919-1921)

Study of a Cavalier — Edgar Degas

Étude de cavalier (Study of a Horseman) , ca. 1882

L'Aile (Wing) — Jacques Delahaye

L'Aile (Wing) , 1957

L'Ane a la charette (Donkey and Cart) — Jean Dubuffet

L'Âne à la charrette (Donkey with Cart) , 1955

The Virgin and Child with a Monkey — Albrecht Dürer

The Virgin and Child with a Monkey , ca. 1498

Study for "Cowboys in the Badlands" — Thomas Eakins

Study for "Cowboys in the Badlands" , ca. 1887

Citizen: The Wolf and Nanny — Cliff Evans

Citizen: The Wolf and Nanny , 2009

Owl — FASTWÜRMS

Owl , 2010

A figure & a dog — Mark Freeland

A figure & a dog , ca. 2002-2006

Alien figure & dog — Mark Freeland

Alien figure & dog , ca. 2002-2006

Standing Lioness — Henri Gaudier-Brzeska

Standing Lioness , not dated

Three Boys Feeding Water Birds — Henri Gaudier-Brzeska

Three Boys Feeding Water Birds , ca. 1911

Walking Lioness — Henri Gaudier-Brzeska

Walking Lioness , ca. 1913

The Boy and Dog — Hendrick Goltzius

The Boy and Dog , 1597

A Woman and a Horse - Let Someone Else Master Them — Francisco de Goya

A Woman and a Horse - Let Someone Else Master Them , published 1875

135 — Megan Greene

135 , 2011

155 — Megan Greene

155 , 2011

Lion in the Desert — Jean-Léon Gérôme

Lion in the Desert , ca. 1885

"Puff" Dog Asleep on a Chair — Seymour Haden

"Puff" Dog Asleep on a Chair , 1865

Dog and Monkey — Seymour Haden

Dog and Monkey , 1865

The Minister's Horse — Seymour Haden

The Minister's Horse , 1881

Park — Jane Hammond

Park , 2014

The Touch-Up — Jane Hammond

The Touch-Up , 2015

When the Raven Was White — Grace Hartigan

When the Raven Was White , 1969

Mallard — Anne Heimann

Mallard , 1974

The Lady's Last Stake — William Hogarth

The Lady's Last Stake , 1759

Girl and Sheep — Winslow Homer

Girl and Sheep , 1879

Jack Rabbit — Robert H. Hudson

Jack Rabbit , 1985

Black Dog — Jacqueline Humphries

Black Dog , 2000

Bestiary: Dall Sheep — Sheila Eaton Isham

Bestiary: Dall Sheep , 1985

Horses Actors — María Izquierdo

Horses Actors , 1940

Le Cheval Blanc (The White Horse) — Charles Émile Jacque

Le Cheval Blanc (The White Horse)
, 1839

Untitled — Asger Jorn

Untitled , 1961

Mind the Gap — Sanya Kantarovsky

Mind the Gap , 2016

St. Francis Preaching to the Birds (after Giotto) — Jiří Kolář

St. Francis Preaching to the Birds (after Giotto) , not dated

Gallic Cock — Frances Kent Lamont

Gallic Cock , 1939 (cast executed 1947)

Cat and Dog from the portfolio Kingdom of Dreams — Jacob Landau

Cat and Dog from the portfolio Kingdom of Dreams , 1969

Cat and Dog from the portfolio Kingdom of Dreams — Jacob Landau

Cat and Dog from the portfolio Kingdom of Dreams , 1969

Horse and Tiger — Lawrence H. Lebduska

Horse and Tiger , 1932-1933

Sacrifice — Jacques Lipchitz

Sacrifice , 1948

Die Wölfe (Balkankrieg) [The Wolves (Balkan War)] — Franz Marc

Die Wölfe (Balkankrieg) [The Wolves (Balkan War)] , 1913

Fairy Animal — Franz Marc

Fairy Animal , 1913

Green Horseman — Marino Marini

Green Horseman , not dated

Horse — Marino Marini

Horse , 1945

Horse and Rider — Marino Marini

Horse and Rider , 1952

Horse and Rider — Marino Marini

Horse and Rider , 1952

Horse and Rider — Marino Marini

Horse and Rider , 1951

Four Red Cows — Ewald Mataré

Four Red Cows , ca. 1925

Startled Bird — Bernard Meadows

Startled Bird , 1955

Tamburino — Mario Merz

Tamburino , 1983-1984

Aesop's Crow — Melissa Miller

Aesop's Crow , 1985

Small Girl With Bird — Keiko Minami

Small Girl With Bird , ca. 1955

Chimera — Mirko

Chimera , ca. 1953-1960

This painting features a beige-color room full of fantastical creatures performing music and acrobatics, and floating through the air. These colorful beings are shaped like musical instruments, insects, animals, and mermaids and interact with instruments, musical notes, a ladder, dice, unicycle, a shooting star, and other objects. A window at top right looks out onto a landscape, and beneath it is a table with a fish, a globe, and papers. — Joan Miró

Carnaval d'Arlequin (Carnival of Harlequin) , 1924-1925

Femme et oiseaux dans la nuit (Woman and Birds in the Night) — Joan Miró

Femme et oiseaux dans la nuit (Woman and Birds in the Night) , 1945

Bringing Home the Cattle - Coast of Florida — Thomas Moran

Bringing Home the Cattle - Coast of Florida , 1879

Job's War Horse — George Ford Morris

Job's War Horse , 1945

Whirlaway — George Ford Morris

Whirlaway , 1945

Girl with Poodle — Elie Nadelman

Girl with Poodle , ca. 1931-1935

Green Horses — Bruce Nauman

Green Horses , 1988

Kneeling Horse — Louise Nevelson

Kneeling Horse , 1932-1985

Flying Bird — Carl-Henning Pedersen

Flying Bird , 1951

Chrysalide (Chrysalis) — Alicia Penalba

Chrysalide (Chrysalis) , 1961

Study — Joseph Piccillo

Study , 1981

Cattle — Paulus Potter

Cattle , ca. 1650

Cattle — Paulus Potter

Cattle , 1650

Cattle — Paulus Potter

Cattle , ca. 1650

Cattle — Paulus Potter

Cattle , 1650

Bird Bath — Abraham Rattner

Bird Bath , 1944

Chow Bags — Robert Rauschenberg

Chow Bags , 1977

Goat Chow from the portfolio Chow Bags — Robert Rauschenberg

Goat Chow from the portfolio Chow Bags , 1977

Rabbit Chow from the portfolio Chow Bags — Robert Rauschenberg

Rabbit Chow from the portfolio Chow Bags , 1977

Twilight Avenger — Kelly Richardson

Twilight Avenger , 2008

Positive Lion — Larry Rivers

Positive Lion , 1967

No image available,
but we're working on it

Dieter Roth

2 Times 5 Dogs , 1979

Chinese Goat — Susan Rothenberg

Chinese Goat , 1991-1992

Two-Tone — Susan Rothenberg

Two-Tone , 1975

Duck Out of Water from the portfolio America: the third century — Raymond Jennings Saunders

Duck Out of Water from the portfolio America: the third century , 1975

The Swimmer — Linda Scott

The Swimmer , 1982

Goat Sleeping — Renée Sintenis

Goat Sleeping , not dated

A life-sized nude female figure emerges head-first from the rear of a standing deer. Only her feet remain inside the animal, and the rest of her body is angled toward the floor, with her left shoulder making contact. She cranes her neck slightly to gaze back toward the deer, who has large ears and small antler nubs. The bronze surface of the sculpture is smooth and has a dark uniform patina, making it appear black. — Kiki Smith

Born , 2002

Age of Discovery — Rafael McKenzie Soares

Age of Discovery , 2010

Zum Welttierschutztag (For World Animal Day) from the portfolio Fromage a Durer — Klaus Staeck

Zum Welttierschutztag (For World Animal Day) from the portfolio Fromage a Durer , 1971

Untitled — Kumi Sugai

Untitled , 1954

No image available,
but we're working on it

Frederic K. Taubes

Girl With a Bird , not dated

Cocktail au Cheval (Cocktail on Horseback) — Jean Tinguely

Cocktail au Cheval (Cocktail on Horseback) , 1966

No image available,
but we're working on it

Alberto Viani

Chimera , 1962

Fall of Related Objects (Tribute to Charles Forte) — Martha Visser't Hooft

Fall of Related Objects (Tribute to Charles Fort) , 1948

Of the Beasts — Erika Wanenmacher

Of the Beasts , 2007

Cow — Andy Warhol

Cow , 1976

Sitting Airedale with Tale — William Wegman

Sitting Airedale with Tale , 1981

Deer — Seff Weidl

Deer , 1952

Plaza de Toros — Clifford Westermeier

Plaza de Toros , not dated

Dog on a Kennel — James McNeill Whistler

Dog on a Kennel , 1890

Vessel in the Form of a Dog — unknown Colima

Vessel in the Form of a Dog , probably ca. 200-900

No image available,
but we're working on it

unknown Mexican

Head of a Monkey , after 900

Tiger Head — unknown Mexican

Tiger Head , ca. 600-900

Idyllwild — Allison Schulnik

Idyllwild , 2011

Untitled — Arturo Herrera

Untitled , 2006