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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 (visual works)

Work Type

Oil painting (visual work)

This information may change due to ongoing research. Glossary of Terms

Animals

Bucolic Landscape — 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

Peaceable Kingdom — Edward Hicks

Peaceable Kingdom , ca. 1848

Man with Dog — Francis Bacon

Man with Dog , 1953

La Vie paysanne (Peasant Life) — Marc Chagall

La Vie paysanne (Peasant Life) , 1925

The Dragoon — 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 — 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 — Man and Beast , 1950

The Cat — Karel Appel

The Cat , 1951

[Man with Fish on Head] — [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'Ane a la charette (Donkey and 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

No image available,
but we're working on it

John Vassar House

Game Bird , 1959

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

Carnaval d'Arlequin (Carnival of Harlequin) — 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 — 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

Born — 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 Forte) , 1948

Of the Beasts — Erika Wanenmacher

Of the Beasts , 2007

Cow — 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

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