id: 140408 accession number: 1964.351 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1964.351 updated: 2023-11-29 18:34:11.229000 Peregrine Falcons (Duck Hawks), c. 1827. John James Audubon (American, 1785–1851). Oil on canvas; framed: 74.9 x 101 x 10.2 cm (29 1/2 x 39 3/4 x 4 in.); unframed: 64.5 x 91.5 cm (25 3/8 x 36 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the American Foundation for the Maud E. and Warren H. Corning Botanical Collection 1964.351 title: Peregrine Falcons (Duck Hawks) title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1827 creation date earliest: 1822 creation date latest: 1832 current location: 205 Federal American creditline: Gift of the American Foundation for the Maud E. and Warren H. Corning Botanical Collection copyright: --- culture: America, 19th century technique: oil on canvas department: American Painting and Sculpture collection: American - Painting type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * John James Audubon (American, 1785–1851) - artist --- measurements: Framed: 74.9 x 101 x 10.2 cm (29 1/2 x 39 3/4 x 4 in.); Unframed: 64.5 x 91.5 cm (25 3/8 x 36 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Year in Review (1964) opening date: 1964-12-08T05:00:00 Year in Review (1964). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 8, 1964-January 31, 1965). title: Work of John James Audubon opening date: 1974-04-30T04:00:00 Work of John James Audubon. Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 30-June 30, 1974). title: Heritage and Horizon: American Painting 1776 - 1976 opening date: 1976-03-07T05:00:00 Heritage and Horizon: American Painting 1776 - 1976. Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY (organizer) (March 7-April 11, 1976); The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI (May 2-June 13, 1976); The Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH (July 4-August 15, 1976); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (September 8-October 10, 1976). title: Science within Art opening date: 1980-02-13T05:00:00 Science within Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 13-April 20, 1980); Beck Center for the Arts, Lakewood, OH (June 1-July 1, 1980). title: A Cleveland Bestiary opening date: 1981-10-15T04:00:00 A Cleveland Bestiary. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 15-December 16, 1981). title: John James Audubon: American Artist and Naturalist opening date: 2007-02-10T00:00:00 John James Audubon: American Artist and Naturalist. Cleveland Museum of Natural History (organizer) (February 10-April 29, 2007). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * Liverpool, England, Liverpool Royal Academy, Audubon Exhibition (1827), possibly no. 188 as Two Hawks Seizing on Ducks. * Cleveland, Natural Science Museum (1964); indefinite loan. * Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Natural History, John James Audubon (30 April-31 June 1974); case D. * Buffalo, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Heritage and Horizon: American Paintings 1776-1976 (6 March-11 April 1976); traveled to Detroit, Detroit Institute of Arts (5 May-13 June 1976); to Toledo, Toledo Museum of Art (4 July-15 August 1976); Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Art (8 September-10 October 1976); illu. cat. no. 7 as Duck Hawks. * Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Science Within Art (13 February-20 April 1980), illus. cat. no. 13, p. 28, pp. 28-29 as Duck Hawks. * Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Art, A Cleveland Bestiary (14 October-15 December 1981) illus. cat. no. 36, p. 42; listed p. 62, no, 36 as Duck Hawks. * New York, Grey Art Gallery and Study Center, John James Audubon & His Sons (26 April - 5 June 1982) illus. cat. no. 31, p. 69 as Duck Hawks by John James Audubon (they attribute it to the artist himself, not his sons). * Cleveland Musuem of Natural History, Cleveland, OH (February 10, 2007 - April 29, 2007): "John James Audubon: American Artist and Naturalist" --- PROVENANCE John James Audubon [1785-1851], New York, NY, by descent to his wife, Lucy Bakewell Audubon date: c. 1827- footnotes: citations: Lucy Bakewell Audubon [1787-1874], New York, NY, by descent to her son, John Woodhouse Audubon date: ? footnotes: citations: John Woodhouse Audubon [1812-1862], New York, NY, by descent to his daughter, Lucy A. Williams date: ? footnotes: citations: Lucy Audubon Williams [1838-1909], Greenburgh, Westerchester, NY, probably by descent to her grandson, Charles F. Edwards date: ? footnotes: citations: Charles F. Edwards [1878-1954], Chicago, IL and Alameda, CA, by descent to his sister, Margaret McCormick date: ? footnotes: citations: Mrs. H.V. (Margaret) McCormick, Long Island, NY and Staten Island, NY, sold to Kennedy Galleries date: ? footnotes: citations: (Kennedy Galleries, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) date: by 1964 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio date: 1964- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Invoice from Kennedy Galleries, Oct. 20, 1964, Director Files, Sherman Lee, Box 36, File 10: Kennedy Galleries, Ingalls Library, the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH page number: url: Henry Sayles Francis, letter to Sherman Lee, Oct. 2, 1964, in CMA curatorial file. page number: url: Martha G. Thomas, letter to Charles E. Winters, Sept. 29, 1992, in CMA curatorial file. page number: url: Martha G. Thomas, letter to Charles E. Winters, Sept. 29, 1992, in CMA curatorial file. page number: url: Martha G. Thomas, letter to Charles E. Winters, Sept. 29, 1992, in CMA curatorial file. page number: url: Martha G. Thomas, letter to Charles E. Winters, Sept. 29, 1992, in CMA curatorial file. page number: url: William Talbot, letter to Richard J. Koke, Feb. 16, 1977, in CMA curatorial file. page number: url: William Talbot, letter to Richard J. Koke, Feb. 16, 1977, in CMA curatorial file. page number: url: Martha G. Thomas, letter to Charles E. Winters, Sept. 29, 1992, in CMA curatorial file. page number: url: William Talbot, letter to Richard J. Koke, Feb. 16, 1977, in CMA curatorial file. page number: url: Martha G. Thomas, letter to Charles E. Winters, Sept. 29, 1992, in CMA curatorial file. page number: url: Kathman, Barbara A. A Cleveland Bestiary. Cleveland, OH; Cleveland Museum of Art, 1981. page number: Reproduced: p. 42; Mentioned: p. 41, p. 62 url: Adams, Henry. What's American about American art?: a gallery tour in the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2008. page number: Reproduced: p. 56 - 57 url: Cleveland Museum of Art. The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014. page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 45 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1964.351/1964.351_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1964.351/1964.351_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1964.351/1964.351_full.tif