Argus Pheasant
1958
Whitney Halstead American, 1926-1979
United States
Halstead earned his BFA and MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and became an influential professor at the school, befriending and working with the groups of students who would later become known as the Hairy Who and Chicago Imagists. This collage is named for a species of pheasant, the great argus, known for bearing a pattern on its wings that recalls the hundred-eyed giant, Argus, of Greek mythology.
Collage composed of graphite, pastel and black crayon, with black crayon frottage, cut-and-pasted papers, photograph, and print, on tan wove paper, laid down on tan board