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Cattleya Orchid, Two Hummingbirds and a Beetle
Photography by Amon Carter Museum of American Art

Cattleya Orchid, Two Hummingbirds and a Beetle

Artist (1819 - 1904)
Dateca. 1875-1890
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions14 1/4 x 22 1/4 in. (36.2 x 56.5 cm)
Framed: 24 in. × 31 1/2 in. × 4 in.
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2010.67
Signedl.r.: MJ Heade
Accession number 2010.67
On View
On view
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Provenance(James Maroney Inc., Leicester, VT); purchased by Richard A. Manoogian [b. 1936], Detroit, MI, 1989; purchased by a private foundation for Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR, 2004
Label TextMartin Johnson Heade visited South America three times to experience the landscape and observe hummingbirds in their habitat. Heade was an artist and naturalist intent on capturing the rich iridescence of hummingbird feathers and butterfly wings. Hummingbirds were both a source of lifelong artistic inspiration and a personal passion. After moving to Florida, where he enjoyed feeding and observing the ruby-throated hummingbird, Heade also wrote columns in Forest and Stream magazine advocating for bird and land preservation.

Martin Johnson Heade visitó Sudamérica en tres ocasiones para experimentar el paisaje y observar a los colibríes en su hábitat. Heade fue un artista y naturalista que intentó capturar la rica iridiscencia de las plumas del colibrí y las alas de la mariposa. Los colibríes fueron tanto una fuente de inspiración artística como una pasión personal durante toda la vida del artista. Tras mudarse a la Florida, donde disfrutaba de criar y observar al colibrí de garganta rubí, Heade también escribió columnas en la revista Forest and Stream como defensor de la preservación de las aves y la tierra.
Photography by Dwight Primiano
Martin Johnson Heade
ca. 1863-1864
Photography by Dwight Primiano
Martin Johnson Heade
ca. 1870
Photography by Edward C. Robison III.
Martin Johnson Heade
ca. 1870
Photography by Edward C. Robison III
Martin Johnson Heade
ca. 1870
Photography by Edward C. Robison III.
Martin Johnson Heade
1871
Photography by Edward C. Robison III.
Martin Johnson Heade
ca. 1870
Photography by Edward C. Robison III
Martin Johnson Heade
ca. 1870
Photography by Dwight Primiano
Martin Johnson Heade
ca. 1883-1888
Photography by Edward C. Robison III
Martin Johnson Heade
ca. 1870