Object Details
Artist
Shields Landon ("S.L.") Jones, born Indian Mills, WV 1901-died Hinton, WV 1997
Luce Center Label
S. L. Jones created large figures and heads based on the people who lived and worked around him in Pine Hill, West Virginia. The portraits have very similar features, and in these pieces the bow and the pipe are the only way to tell that one is male and the other female. He used pieces of yellow poplar, maple, and black walnut to carve his sculptures and highlighted their features with paint and pencil.
Credit Line
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Chuck and Jan Rosenak and museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment
Date
ca. 1979
Object number
1997.124.68
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
Sculpture
Folk Art
Medium
carved and painted wood with ribbon
Dimensions
15 1/4 x 10 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (38.7 x 26.7 x 24.1 cm.)
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Department
Painting and Sculpture
On View
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor, 27A
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor
Data Source
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Topic
Figure female\bust
Link to Original Record
Record ID
saam_1997.124.68