Mastodawn

#MarsupialMonday :
Minnie Adkins (b. 1934) & Garland Adkins (1928-1997)
Possum and Babies, 20th c.
Painted wood carvings
Size range 2 3/4" H x 1 1/4" W x 6 3/4" D to 12 1/4" H x 4 1/2" W x 42 1/2" D
https://caseantiques.com/item/lot-341-minnie-and-garland-adkins-possum-carvings/
#Opossums #Marsupials #FolkArt

Art History Animalia Sep 30

Resharing for #NationalOpossumDay :

#MarsupialMonday :
Dahlov Ipcar (USA, 1917 - 2017)
#Opossum Family 2, 1968
Cotton, wire, buttons, 10 x 15 x 6 in.
#WomenArtists

Art History Animalia Jul 29, 2025

Resharing for #WorldKangarooDay 🦘

#MarsupialMonday 🦘:
Charles Catteau (France, 1880-1966) for Boch Freres Keramis, Belgium
#ArtDeco #Kangaroo vase, c.1930-1 Polychrome glazed earthenware
H: 29 cm /11.4 in. Dia: 12 cm / 4.7 in.

https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/boch-freres-keramis-a-rare-belgian-kangaroo-decor-103-c-24e4153a74

https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/boch-keramis-catteau-art-deco-110360273

Art History Animalia Jul 14, 2025

Resharing for #WorldKangarooDay 🦘

#MarsupialMonday :
Albert Tucker (Australia,1914-1999)
#Kangaroo, 1964
Oil on board, 40.5 x 30.0 cm (15 15/16 x 11 13/16 in.)
https://www.bonhams.com/auction/21294/lot/81/albert-tucker-1914-1999-kangaroo-1964/
#AustralianArt

Art History Animalia Jul 14, 2025

Resharing for #WorldKangarooDay 🦘

#MarsupialMonday:
"An extremely rare Victorian novelty #Kangaroo claret jug"
London, mark of Sampson Mordon, 1882
Glass, silver, gilt, colored glass; H 36 cm (14 in.)
https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-4757889

Art History Animalia Apr 8, 2025

#MarsupialMonday :
Watercolor studies of “Phascolarctos or Native Bear” (#Koala ) by James Stuart, c.1831-41.
The State Library of New South Wales Mitchell Library:
https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nM7lDMLY
[Volume 04: Natural history drawings of marsupials, reptiles and rodents, ca. 1831-1841 / by James Stuart / Linnean Society of N.S.W. collection.]

Darren Bennett Apr 7, 2025

Bilby, Bilby Experience, Charleville, QLD, 2018 #MarsupialMonday #NaturePhotography

Art History Animalia Mar 4, 2025

#MarsupialMonday :
John Breckinridge Martin
(USA, 1857-1938)
Possum, 1910
Pastel, 19 1/2 × 16 in. (49.53 × 40.64 cm)
Dallas Museum of Art 1950.95
https://www.dma.org/art/collection/object/5045717
#Opossum

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Art History Animalia Jan 14, 2025

#MarsupialMonday :
#Koala , c. 1913
Henrik Immanuel Wigström (1862-1923) (workmaster)
Fabergé (jeweller)
Agate, demantoid garnets, silver | 6.6 x 8.2 x 7.3 cm
Bought by King George V from Fabergé's London branch, 13 November 1913
Royal Collection Trust RCIN 40407 https://www.rct.uk/collection/search#/4/collection/40407/koala-bear

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Art History Animalia Jan 6, 2025

#ManuscriptMonday + #MarsupialMonday :
#Opossum characters are found in several Mesoamerican codices; here is an amazing sequence from the Aztec Codex Fejérváry-Mayer of an opossum warrior-god performing a ritual decapitation:
http://www.famsi.org/research/graz/fejervary_mayer/ (original now in National Museums Liverpool)

FAMSI - Akademische Druck - u. Verlagsanstalt - Graz - Codex Fejérváry-Mayer

Codices from Akademische Druck - u. Verlagsanstalt - Graz - Austria on the FAMSI website - Codex Fejérváry-Mayer index page.