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Art Institute of Chicago

238 works

Woodblock print of a duck with spread wings beside snowy reeds over blue water, with falling snow and calligraphy at upper le

Ducks in snow

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1830s

Hand-coloured print of blue indigo buntings and a brown female perched on branches with green leaves and red flowers.

Male Indigo Bird

Robert Havell, 1829

Grey falcon with banded tail perched on a branch with pink leaves against a blue background, Japanese print style.

Falcon Perched on a Tree

Attributed to Isoda Koryusai, c. 1785

Woodblock print of a hawk on a perch, a sparrow in flight, and white narcissus flowers with calligraphy above.

Falcon, sparrow, and narcissus

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1830s

Hand-colored print of three harlequin ducks, two males and a female, on rocky shoreline with distant cliffs and a sea.

Harlequin Duck

Robert Havell, 1826/39

Triptych woodblock print of three pairs of women playing flute and shamisen before latticed screens with calligraphy.

Set of Three, Love Birds in Three Kinds of Music (Sampukutsui hiyoku no san kyoku)

Nishimura Shigenaga, c. 1748

Woodblock print of a red parrot with blue wings perched on a branch against a black background with grey leaves.

Red Parrot on the Branch of a Tree

Itō Jakuchū, c. 1905

Woodblock print of an eagle perched on a branch above a monkey on rocks, with yellow autumn leaves and gray tones.

Eagle and Monkey

Attributed to Nishimura Shigenaga, c. 1725

Woodblock print of two mandarin ducks on a rock by a stream, with pink irises and bamboo leaves behind them.

Mandarin Ducks, from the series "Kashinsai"

Nishimura Shigenaga, c. 1725/27

Etching of an ornate building facade with a carved pediment, dark doorway with steps, and small pedestrians in the street.

House of the Swan, Brussels

James McNeill Whistler, 1887

Engraved illustration of a white-throat bird perched on a stump among foliage, with caption text below.

White Throat (Bird)

Thomas Bewick, n.d.

Ink drawing of a heron wading at the edge of a forest pool beneath dense overhanging trees and undergrowth.

Forest Pool with Heron

Paul Huet, c. 1830

Black and white woodcut headpiece with lettering, three figures, a mask, a fox and a bird by Paul Gauguin.

Three People, a Mask, a Fox and a Bird, headpiece forLe sourire

Paul Gauguin, 1899, printed and published 1921

Monochrome print of a vaulted tomb with two reclining sphinxes, an owl on a pentagonal sarcophagus, and an urn in a side rece

Tomb with Sphinxes and an Owl

Louis Jean Desprez, 1779-84

Woodblock print of three figures releasing a bird from a cage beside a tree, with a poem inscribed above.

Freeing a captured bird

Suzuki Harunobu, c. 1769/70

Japanese print of two green birds perched on a branch with red hibiscus flowers against a blue background.

Two Birds on Hibiscus Tree

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1770

Japanese print of a white egret beside tall blue-grey reeds at the water's edge, with a second bird hidden among them.

Egrets in the Reeds

Attributed to Isoda Koryusai, c. 1774

Woodblock print of a figure in white robes with red lining, raising a hood, beside bamboo and a snowy fence.

The Actor Segawa Tomisaburo I as the Heron Maiden (Sagi Musume)

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1774

Japanese woodblock print of a parrot perched on a branch of a quince tree with pink blossoms.

Parrot on Quince Tree

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1770

Woodblock print of two mandarin ducks swimming near a blossoming plum branch above rippling water.

Mandarin Ducks Swimming under Plum Branch

Attributed to Isoda Koryusai, c. 1764/75

Etching of four dead ravens with spread wings and clawed feet tumbling against a pale background.

The Four Dead Ravens

Henri Charles Guérard, c. 1888

Japanese print of a songbird on a branch beside pink orchids and green leaves against a red and blue gradient background.

Orchid and Bird

Isoda Koryusai, c. 1770

Japanese woodblock print of an actor in a patterned kimono and orange robe standing among reeds beside water.

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as Spirit of a Mandarin Duck (Oshidori) Disguised as Tagasode, in the Play Hana-zumo Ge…

Katsukawa Shunshō, c. 1775

Woman in patterned kimono reaching into a bamboo birdcage on a yellow tub, Japanese woodblock print by Utamaro.

Murasaki Shikibu: Bird, from the series "Famous Women and Their Poems on Flowers, Birds, Wind, and Moon (Meifu eika k…

Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1805

Woodblock print of two ducks on a muddy bank with grey lotus pods and leaves in misty water behind them.

A pair of ducks by a lotus pond

Kobayashi Kiyochika, 1879

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in red kimono, a smoking man, and a child in green by a shoji screen.

Parrot (Omu), from the series "Floating World Versions of the Seven Komachi (Ukiyo Nana Komachi)"

Torii Kiyonaga, c. 1780

Vertical Japanese print of a falcon perched on a branch beneath a large pink sun and pine needles.

Falcon at Sunrise

Attributed to Isoda Koryusai, c. 1775

Woodcut of a haloed bearded man surrounded by lions, a unicorn, sheep, birds and a winged dragon, with bare trees and a strea

The Virtues of Christ and the Wickedness of His Enemies Symbolized by Diverse Birds and Beasts (verso); The Last Supp…

Michael Wolgemut and Workshop, 1491

Black ink print of a raven in flight with outstretched wings above the words 'ex libris' on cream paper.

Flying Raven: ex libris, from The Raven (Le Corbeau)

Édouard Manet, 1875

Etching of a Chelsea street with shopfronts, a horse and cart, pedestrians, and windows crowded with birdcages.

Bird-Cages, Chelsea

James McNeill Whistler, 1887