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Birds of Prey
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About this work
In order to exhibit as much as possible in his home, Bonebrake removed the doors from closets to create mini-galleries. One of these, which he dubbed the “chamber of horrors, was reserved for works that might cause fright or apprehension. Birds of Prey, which depicts avians clutching human body parts, would have been hung there. It was published in L’Estampe Originale (The Original Print), the greatest of the late-19th-century print publications.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit linepublished in L'Estampe Originale : Birds of Prey, 1893. Victor Emile Prouvé (French, 1858–1943). Aquatint and etching in green; sheet: 43 x 60.5 cm (16 15/16 x 23 13/16 in.); platemark: 23.9 x 42.4 cm (9 7/16 x 16 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of John Bonebrake, 2008.194
