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Hen with Baby Chicks

Hen with Baby Chicks

Artist: Ben Austrian (American, 1870 - 1921)

Date: c. 1915
Medium: oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Canvas: 15 x 20 1/4 in. (38.1 x 51.4 cm)
Framed: 24 x 29 in. (61 x 73.7 cm)
Credit Line:Gift, in Memory of Mr. and Mrs. Earl R. Savage from Estate of Dorothy L. Lesher, Lebanon, PA.
Object number: 2009.3.1
Austrian achieved national recognition in 1902 when his painting, Hasn’t Scratched Yet, showing an image of a newborn chick barely able to stand on its own with a half egg shell in the background, was purchased by Faultless Starch/Bon Ami Company. It became their trademark and was featured in all their advertising.
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