Object Details
Artist
Raya Bodnarchuk, born New York City 1947-died Rockville, MD 2021
Luce Center Label
Raya Bodnarchuk emphasizes that she is more interested in animals as forms than as personalities. As the title of this piece implies, All Good Dogs is not a portrait of any particular dog, but represents all dogs. The animal is a "good" dog because it sits calmly, perhaps after being instructed to do so.
Luce Object Quote
"The shapes I like just happen to fit together in animal arrangements." Raya Bodnarchuk, quoted in Montgomery Journal, November 18, 1983
Credit Line
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Anonymous gift in memory of Walter M. and Nancy A. Hall and Betty Hall McLane
Date
1987
Object number
1987.79
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
Sculpture
Medium
carved white pine
Dimensions
34 1/4 x 19 x 17 7/8 in. (87.1 x 48.3 x 45.3 cm.)
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Department
Painting and Sculpture
On View
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor, W310
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor
Data Source
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Topic
Animal\dog
Link to Original Record
Record ID
saam_1987.79