Artist/Maker George Boorujy (American, b. 1973)

Double Yellow-throated Warbler: Study for Audubon Mural Project at 560 West 157th St.

2017

Graphite on paper

Overall: 18 × 24 in. (45.7 × 61 cm)

Purchased through the generosity of Susan and Ira Millstein

2019.87.3

Boorujy’s two graphite studies of a Yellow-throated Warbler relates to his mural on 560 West 157th Street that belongs to the Audubon Mural Project, the public art initiative of the National Audubon Society, in partnership with the Harlem-based Gitler & _____ Gallery on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. While the project is inspired by the legendary artist John James Audubon (a former resident of the neighborhood, then called “Carmansville”), it is energized by recent findings from the National Audubon Society that nearly half of all North American bird species will face dire threats to their survival by 2080 due to global warming. The project has been commissioning artists to paint murals of each of the threatened species—a total of 314—throughout Hamilton Heights and Washington Heights. To date over 100 embellish local buildings. The mural at 560 West 157th Street is one of three the artist painted in the mural series. These often monumental murals beautify the historic neighborhood and bring attention to a critically important environmental crisis in the spirit of John James Audubon. For the project see: https://www.audubon.org/amp. Two other works related to the murals are in the collection (2019.87.1 and 2019.87.2).

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