Syracuse.com - Cornell Lab of Ornithology assists latest Audubon painting exhibit in New York City

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The exhibit is being put on by the New York Historical Society, which bought 435 Audubon paintings from Audubon's widow after he died in 1851.

An exhibit of original watercolor paintings of birds by famed artist John James Audubon opens Friday in New York City, with an assist from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, according to the New York Times.

The exhibit is being put on by the New York Historical Society, which bought 435 Audubon paintings from Audubon's widow after he died in 1851.

The exhibit will show more than 130 watercolors, mostly of water birds and waders, representing some of Audubon's biggest subjects such as the great blue heron and the whooping crane.

"Other species include the Atlantic puffin, which Audubon saw in Labrador; the snowy egret, which he studied in South Carolina; and the golden eagle, in particular a live but injured specimen that he bought in Boston and euthanized so he could paint it," the Times reported.

Cornell's Ornithology Lab is supplying audios of bird songs and calls for each the birds in the exhibit.

The show runs through May 26 at 170 Central Park West, at West 77th Street.

For further information, call 212-873-3400 or see nyhistory.org.

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The exhibit

After John James Audubon died in 1851, his widow sold the 435 watercolors he created for his opus, "The Birds of America," to the New-York Historical Society. Last year, the society presented 200 of those masterpieces of ornithological observation in the first of a three-part exhibition series called "Audubon's Aviary: The Complete Flock." The second installment, subtitled "Parts Unknown," opens Friday. It will display 132 more watercolors, most of water birds or waders. They represent some of Audubon's biggest subjects, including the great blue heron and the whooping crane. Other species include the Atlantic puffin, which Audubon saw in Labrador; the snowy egret, which he studied in South Carolina; and the golden eagle, in particular a live but injured specimen that he bought in Boston and euthanized so he could paint it. The show will be enhanced by audio of bird calls and songs of each species from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. (Through May 26, 170 Central Park West, at West 77th Street, 212-873-3400, nyhistory.org.)

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