Dode vogel before 1977

"Dode vogel" (Dead Bird), a lithograph created before 1977 by Dutch artist Kees Stoop (1929-2019), depicts a bird lying lifeless in a field. The image is rendered with a sense of stark realism, the detailed lines and hatching capturing the bird's skeletal structure. This artwork, now located in the Rijksmuseum, is an example of Stoop's work that explores the natural world and its fleeting beauty, capturing the stark reality of death with a contemplative, almost melancholy tone.