Pelicans

Pelicans — Edwin Kaufman. 1925.

Medium: drypoint. Dimensions: Platemark: 7.5 x 10.5 cm (2 15/16 x 4 1/8 in.).

Collection record: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

While it is unusual to find a pelican near Lake Erie today and would have been even rarer in the 1920s, it is possible that Edwin Kaufman’s inspiration for this work came from Cleveland. It is also possible that, given he was a student at the Cleveland School of Art at the time, he based this print after a work by his teacher Henry Keller or an image from a book. The tightly framed composition removes the birds from nature and places them within the context of an industrial pier.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.