Stag at Echo Rock

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Object Details

Artist

Unidentified

Gallery Label

Stag at Echo Rock exemplifies the untrained but inventive style characteristic of much folk art. Untutored in the mechanics of perspective, this artist has produced a gripping image in which the background seems to tilt toward us, skewing our sense of depth. Though flattened, the image is rich in visual patterning and attention to detail, and is clearly made by someone intimately familiar with these rural surroundings.Exhibition Label, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2006

Credit Line

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson

Date

late 19th century

Object number

1986.65.117

Restrictions & Rights

CC0

Type

Painting

Folk Art

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

36 x 29 in. (91.4 x 73.7 cm.)

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Department

Painting and Sculpture

Data Source

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Topic

Landscape\tree

Landscape\road

Animal\horse

Landscape\rocks

Animal\deer

Landscape\weather\snow

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk725613b69-93b9-43b7-96df-da024a8be46e

Record ID

saam_1986.65.117