Rick Bartow
Cicada and bird, 1998
drypoint on Barcham Green rag cotton paper
image 10 x 5 in
paper 19 x 12 in
paper 19 x 12 in
Edition of 20
BAR0804
$ 800.00
The rag cotton paper is slightly tinted green. Cicadas have been featured in literature since the time of Homer's Iliad and as motifs in art from the Chinese Shang dynasty....
The rag cotton paper is slightly tinted green.
Cicadas have been featured in literature since the time of Homer's Iliad and as motifs in art from the Chinese Shang dynasty. They have also been used in myth and folklore as symbols of carefree living and immortality. The cicada is also mentioned in Hesiod's Shield (ll.393–394), in which it is said to sing when millet first ripens. Cicadas are commonly eaten by birds and mammals.
Cicadas have been featured in literature since the time of Homer's Iliad and as motifs in art from the Chinese Shang dynasty. They have also been used in myth and folklore as symbols of carefree living and immortality. The cicada is also mentioned in Hesiod's Shield (ll.393–394), in which it is said to sing when millet first ripens. Cicadas are commonly eaten by birds and mammals.