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Painting by Isabella Kirkland, Gone (oil on polyester over panel, 48" x 36", 2004). The image illustrates a major body of work in Isabella Kirkland's career in the late 1990s and early 2000s, when she produced her first mature series, the "Taxa" works. The six works in this series represented dynamic change in the natural world caused by human agency through depictions of nearly 400 life-size species that were disappearing, collected or illegally trafficked, emerging from near-extinction, or in this painting, 63 organisms that underwent full-species, worldwide extinction, many due to the colonization of the New World. These paintings were publicly exhibited in prominent venues, discussed in major art journals and daily press publications, and acquired by museums.

Artist Isabella Kirkland. Copyright held by the artist.

Isabella Kirkland

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Yes. The image will not affect the commercial value of the original work or limit the copyright holder's rights or ability to distribute the original due to its low resolution and the general workings of the art market, which values the actual work of art. Because of the low resolution, illegal copies could not be made.

The image has contextual significance serving an informational and educational purpose as the primary means of illustrating Isabella Kirkland's first mature body of work: her "Taxa" series, which was begun in 1999. These intricate, representational paintings straddled art history, natural science and ecological activism, documenting biota with a focus on species that were extinct, disappearing, collected or illegally trafficked, or emerging from near-extinction. The work fuses the classical naturalist tradition of wildlife painters like John James Audubon and the precise rendering style and time-tested oil techniques of 17th- century Dutch Master still life painters. Because the article is about an artist and her work, the omission of the image would significantly limit a reader's understanding and ability to understand this key foundational body of work, which brought Kirkland wide recognition through exhibitions in major venues, coverage by major critics and publications, and museum acquisitions. Kirkland's work of this type and this series, as well as this specific work, are discussed in the article and by critics cited in the article.

There is no free equivalent of this or any other of this series by Isabella Kirkland, so the image cannot be replaced by a free image.

The image use is minimal in that it conveys important information that a full artwork image at a limited fair-use size cannot due to the uniquely hyper-detailed nature of the work. By providing a close-up of the artist's style and imagery, it is significantly more informative for a viewer. It is also a further protection (along with the low resolution) against affecting commercial value.