Recorded: W. R. Valentiner, The Letters of John Flannagan (1942), p. 90; Robert Joseph Forsyth, John B. Flannagan: His Life and Works (1965), PhD. Dissertation: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, pp. 257, 265 n. 5, 276, 315, 320 no. 86

Exhibited: The Museum of Modern Art, New York , 1942, The Sculpture of John Flannagan, no. 41, illus. on p. 35, as "Pelican"

Ex coll: Private collection, Toronto, Canada

NOTE:
In a letter dated August 7, 1941 addressed to his dealer Curt Valentin, the artist wrote: "The Pelican-title "Long Bird"-might do for G. It is 18 inches tall and carries so well from a distance as to be effective outside. That varied surface produces a stimulating play of light-it sparkles."