For International #BatAppreciationDay 🦇 on a #FrogFriday 🐸:
Charley Harper (USA, 1922-2007)
#Bat, #Bullfrog, and Bonfire, 1968
Glow-in-the-dark lithograph, image 15 x 8 in.
https://www.charleyharperartstudio.com/bat-bullfrog-bonfire.html
#FrogFriday 🐸:
Bernard Buffet (France, 1928-1999)
1. Crapaud sur un nénuphar, 1956
oil on canvas, 50.5 x 65.3 cm
https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2022/art-impressionniste-et-moderne-evening-sale/crapaud-sur-un-nenuphar
2. Le Crapaud, 1960
drypoint etching on BFK Rives paper, 53.5 x 67.5 cm
https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-5635743
#FrogFriday 🐸:
#Frog Door Knocker, 1935
Designed by Gertrude Hermes (UK, 1901-83); made by Henry Hope & Sons, Birmingham
Cast brass, L 18.0 x W 11.8 x H 5.0 cm
Victoria and Albert Museum M.57-1981 https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O93054/door-knocker-hermes-gertrude-ra/
#ArtDeco #WomenArtists

My wife's latest creation - a batik tree frog appliqué cushion.

#frogFriday #appliqué

#FrogFriday 🐸:
A Lake with #Frogs
Mewar, North India, c.1720
Gouache heightened with gold on paper
Painting 7½ x 7 in. (19 x 17.6 cm); folio 10¼ x 8½ in. (26 x 21.6 cm)
https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-5722717
#IndianArt
For both #WorldFrogDay + #WorldSparrowDay today:
Cloisonne Enamel Plate (with #Sparrows & #Frogs )
Japan, late Meiji Era (late 19th - early 20th c).
Dia. 12 in.
https://mta-sts.antiquearena.com/lot/67840?auction_item_id=298
#JapaneseArt #BirdsInArt #FrogFriday