THE BIRDS OF AMERICA: THE BIEN CHROMOLITHOGRAPHIC EDITION

$350.00 at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.

A never-before-published edition of the rare chromolithographic Audubon prints of American birds. John James Audubon is arguably America’s most widely recognized and collected artist. His Birds of America has been reproduced often, beginning with the double elephant folio printed by Havill in England, followed by a much smaller “Octavo” edition printed in Philadelphia and sold by subscription. After Audubon’s death, his family arranged with the New York printer Julius Bien to produce another elephant folio…