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Edwin Weldon

American

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This painting shows a plucked chicken hanging upside down by one yellow leg from a piece of string. The chicken's bare skin is pale yellow with some areas of pale pink. Its tail and head are still intact, showing white plumage and a red crest. There are some small white feathers still connected to its skin, and a few scattered feathers float downward against the brown wooden panel background.
William Michael Harnett, Plucked Clean, 1882, oil on canvas, Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, William A. Clark Fund), 2014.136.133

Plucked Clean

William Michael Harnett · 1882 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  2014.136.133