Untitled Item Number: Nb7.282 from the MOA: University of British Columbia

Description

Profile of a black raven facing right, head placed at slight downward angle to body. Head has an ovoid pupil in extended pointed eyelid lines; short open beak with red split u next to eye area; back part of lower mandible rests on body ovoid, which has an interior line with two equidistant pointed extensions; at side on right bent leg with claw encompassing partial human face; wing at side on left has interior ovoid and u forms; leg partially obscured by wing; two tail feathers with interior u forms. Below wing in pencil, the inscription reads: "105/156." Below claw, inscription reads: "N. Tait Sept '77." The print is on vertically rectangular, off-white paper.

Cultural Context

contemporary art