Bachman's Warbler Kamisaka Sekka honoring the original on stretched

honoring the original on stretched cotton canvas

pale ground that allows every detail of the plumage to register clearly: the dark cap

the image gains the warmth and surface texture that suits Koson’s painterly sensibility

crisp line detail

Silhouette Branches reduces a natural form to its most graphic essentials — branches stripped of leaf and colour

Bachman's Warbler Kamisaka Sekka honoring the original on stretchedBachman's Warbler one of North America's rarest and most mourned birds is documented here with the care and attention it deserves. This vintage ornithological illustration follows the conventions of the great 19th century natural history plates: the bird placed in natural attitude against a simply rendered branch and foliage, its markings set down with the patient accuracy of a naturalist who understood that fidelity to detail was itself a form of