Birds in Flight

1946

Dating: Exact year
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Woodcut
Dimensions: Block: 14 3/8 × 30 1/8 in. (36.5 × 76.5 cm) Sheet: 16 × 35 5/8 in. (40.7 × 90.5 cm)
Collection no.: 54.591.12
Attribution: By the artist

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Birds in Flight — Louis Schanker. 1946.

Medium: Woodcut. Dimensions: Block: 14 3/8 × 30 1/8 in. (36.5 × 76.5 cm) Sheet: 16 × 35 5/8 in. (40.7 × 90.5 cm).

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

Credit line: John B. Turner Fund, 1954.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

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.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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