Raven

Item

Title

Raven

Description

On one page a raven flys over some tall grass. Black, blue, white, and green.
On the other page there is a written piece 'The Raven':
"THE RAVEN
ABOVE ALL ELSE, sly and cunning Raven loved to play tricks on humans. Perched high atop a tree, he spied the village women with berry baskets walk into the woods. A glint appeared in his eye as trickery formed in his mind. Darting silently from tree to tree, he watched as the women filled their baskets with the sweet and succulent bounty of the forest.

Then, in a magic instant, Raven descended and took on a human form. He charged through the underbush and shouted: "The enemy's war canoes are attacking the village. Run for your lives." Mortified, the women dropped their baskets and scattered in all directions.

When the commotion had subsided into a faint and distant rustle, Raven stopped, pleased with his trickery as he surveyed the treasure laying at his feet. He fell to his knees and gorged himself as only a raven in human form could.

Sated with berried and half delirious and intoxicated, he rolled along the ground, crushing the remaining berries and gradually transforming himself into a horrid and bloody apparition. With some difficulty, he raised himself and loudly proclaimed victory over the enemy.

One by one the women returned, uttering words of praise and gratitude to their bloody hero. As they approached, however, a tiny snail who had watched the entire affair from the safety of a nearby log, told the women how they had been cheated.

Stunned and bewildered, their gratitude turned to rage. And as one body they threw themselves at Raven. But the smart and wily Raven instantly changed into his true form and escaped their wrath with a few strokes of his powerful wings, cawing gleefully as he disappeared into the trees."

Creator

Date Created

1990

Type

Print

process

Silkscreen

Size

15 x 10"

Location

Cabinet 4 Drawer 54