For #BatAppreciationWeek:
Artist: Billy Missi (1970-2012)
Sapur Au Kubi (Dark Flock of Bats), 2006
linocut print 12/90 69x100cm
Cairns Art Gallery: https://cairnsartgallery.com.au/collections/sapur-au-kubi

Artist info:
Place of Birth
Mabuiag (Jervis Island), Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia
Language Group
Kala Lagaw Ya. Totem: Koedal, Kaigas, Dhangal
Clan Group
Wagedagam, Gumu, Pania

Well dip me in chocolate and call me an eskimo pie! I just found out that it's #BatAppreciationWeek!

🦇 Y'all already know that #Bats are always welcome on my timeline, and properly tagged #Bat posts, will always get a boost from me. 🦇

#BatsOfMastodon 🦇 #Batstodon

One more favorite #Lalique bat, this one paired with another popular #ArtNouveau animal motif:
René Lalique, "#Butterflies and #Bats" pocketwatch, c. 1899-1900; gold, enamel, moonstone. https://christies.com/en/lot/lot-3980146
(sold in 2002 for US$207,500)
#BatAppreciationWeek

Here's another #Lalique #ArtNouveau #bat:
Ring c.1901, gold, blue enamel, sapphire
https://rlalique.com/rene-lalique-bat-ring-4719

#jewelry #BatAppreciationWeek

René #Lalique was born #OTD (6 Apr 1860). Since it's also #BatAppreciationWeek, here two Lalique's many #bats!
1 bat anklet c.1898-9; gold, enamel, antique & rose diamond, opal
2 bat ring c.1899; silver, enamel, moonstone, gold
https://madparis.fr/les-bijoux-de-natalie-clifford-barney

Both these pieces were commissioned as gifts for American writer Natalie Clifford Barney (1876-1972), who was openly lesbian; bats were a Fin de siècle symbol of homosexuality. But they were also popular #ArtNouveau motifs thanks to #Japonisme.

For #BatAppreciationWeek + #BeKindToSpidersWeek, here is a 1905 #TiffanyStudios #ArtNouveau lamp that combines the #spiderweb shade + #bat base!
favrile glass, leaded glass, bronze, 48.9 × 38.1 × 38.1 cm
Art Institute of Chicago collection: https://artic.edu/artworks/261151/lamp-with-heavy-ribs-shade-and-bat-base

#TwoForTuesday for #BatAppreciationWeek:
Pair of menuki (sword handle ornaments) in the form of #bats
#japanese, Edo period, late 18th - early 19th century (?)
material: shakudō; decorative technique: uchidashi, takabori; 3.6 x 0.6 cm (1 7/16 x 1/4 in.)

MFA collection: https://collections.mfa.org/objects/9892/pair-of-menuki-in-the-form-of-bats

Menuki = Japense sword ornaments on the tsuka, generally under the tsuka-ito; originally were a cover for the mekugi to hold the peg/s in place

#TwoForTuesday for #BatAppreciationWeek: Ohara Koson (Japanese, 1877 – 1945), Flying #Bats, early 20th century #woodblock print. https://ukiyo-e.org/image/artelino/40929g1

#japaneseart #natureart #ukiyoe

2-8 April is both #BatAppreciationWeek 🦇AND #BeKindToSpidersWeek!🕷️ As I love both #bats & #spiders expect lots of art featuring both all week long 😎

Ernst Haeckel, Kunstformen der Natur (1904), Plate 66 Arachnida & Plate 67 Chiroptera, via BHL: https://biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/102214