Object Details
Artist
Stephan W. Polaha, born Cleveland, OH 1891-died Reading, PA 1977
Exhibition Label
Stephan Polaha was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and later moved to Reading, Pennsylvania. He became regionally celebrated for painted woodcarvings of animals. Polaha especially loved dogs and made carvings of them with sweet comical faces, such as this bright-eyed canine, and sometimes gave them angel-like wings, showing the artist’s abiding reverence for these loyal companions.
(We Are Made of Stories: Self-Taught Artists in the Robson Family Collection, 2022)
Credit Line
Smithsonian American Art Museum, The Margaret Z. Robson Collection, Gift of John E. and Douglas O. Robson
Date
ca. 1975
Object number
2016.38.61
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
Sculpture
Folk Art
Medium
carved and painted wood and glass
Dimensions
13 5/8 × 18 7/8 × 6 7/8 in. (34.6 × 47.9 × 17.5 cm)
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Department
Painting and Sculpture
On View
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor, 25A
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_2016.38.61