Untitled
1976
A striking surrealist figurative painting depicting a hybrid female-bird creature perched on a bare branch against a moody blue landscape with distant mountains and a winding river. The figure combines a glamorous dark-haired woman wearing an oversized wide-brimmed yellow hat and pearl jewelry with the white body of a bird, evoking themes of transformation, femininity, and fantasy. The dramatic palette of deep blues and teals contrasts with the warm golden hat, creating a vivid and memorable composition. Signed lower right and dated 1976, this work exemplifies mid-20th century American surrealist-figurative painting.
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
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- Signed
- Yes
Notes
Work is presented in a decorative painted wood frame with gilt details, blue ground, and repeating diamond and quatrefoil motifs. Signature reads 'Brad Jergenson' with date appearing to be '1976' in lower right of canvas.
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Walton Ford
American · b. 1960
Ford creates large scale paintings of fantastical birds and human animal hybrids with ornate decorative detail, rich color, and a sense of mythological narrative that closely mirrors Jergenson's glamorous bird woman perched in a moody natural landscape.
Dorothea Tanning
American · b. 1910
Tanning's mid century American surrealist paintings frequently merged feminine figures with fantastical creatures and dreamlike atmospheric backgrounds, sharing the same fusion of glamour, surrealism, and female identity found in this 1972 bird woman composition.
Marjorie Cameron
American · b. 1922
Cameron's visionary folk surrealist paintings depicted otherworldly female hybrid figures adorned with symbolic ornamentation against moody atmospheric settings, closely paralleling Jergenson's whimsical glamorous bird woman with jewelry and decorative accessories.
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