The Owl (Bohemian Grove)

 

Ferdinand Burgdorff

  1881 - 1975 (biography)

1947  

etching 

13 13/16 x 10 5/8" platemark 

pencil, lower right; in plate, lower left 

not stated, ca. 50 

dated and annotated "Bohemian Grove" in plate 

 

handmade cream wove 

 

artist 

16344 

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This is a depiction of the 40 foot concrete Owl sculpture and Lamp of Fellowship, located at the end of a lake at the Bohemian Grove. At the base of the Owl is the "Alter of Bohemia". This is the site of the symbolic Cremation of Care ceremony. The redwood grove is also use for concerts and lectures.