Kate Breakey
Chipping Sparrow

Chipping Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
ArtistAustralian, born 1957
CultureAustralian
Titles
  • Chipping Sparrow
  • from the series Small Deaths
Date1997
MediumGelatin silver print with applied color
DimensionsImage: 31 1/4 × 31 1/4 in. (79.4 × 79.4 cm)
Sheet: 31 1/4 × 31 1/4 in. (79.4 × 79.4 cm)
Frame (outer): 34 5/8 × 34 5/8 × 1 7/8 in. (87.9 × 87.9 × 4.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Julie Saul Gallery
Object number2012.204
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance[Julie Saul Gallery, New York]; given to MFAH, 2012.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed recto lower center in white chalk: Spizella passerina, Chipping Sparrow
Signed lower right recto in white chalk: K Breakey
Printed label on verso backboard: JULIE SAUL GALLERY / 535 West 22nd Street / New York, NY 10011 / Kate Breakey / Spizella Passerina, Chipping Sparrow / 32 x 32" / oil and pencil on gelatin silver print / Edition of 10

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