Peacock and Peahen with Chick and Peonies

Description The season is summer, and there is order in the world: on the left, poppa peacock, big rock, and white peonies; on the right, momma peahen, small rock, and red peonies. Both take a parental interest in their offspring.

Provenance [Dealer] Tokyo; Klaus Nauman, Japan, 1983-1984, by purchase; [Dealer] Honolulu, Hawaii; Julia Meech, New York, 1987-1988, by purchase [in Honolulu]; Walters Art Museum, 1990, by purchase.

Credit Museum purchase with funds provided by the W. Alton Jones Foundation Acquisition Fund, 1990