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Artist:
Russell Gillespie, born NC 1922  Search this
Medium:
wood with leather and string
Dimensions:
18 1/4 x 19 1/4 x 8 5/8 in. (46.2 x 48.9 x 21.8 cm.)
Type:
Sculpture
Folk Art
Date:
ca. 1972
Luce Center Label:
Russell Gillespie creates small wooden buildings inspired by the log cabin where he was born. The gnarled trees surrounding House are old tree roots that Gillespie found around his home in the mountains of North Carolina. He often includes figures and animals in his sculptures, and in this piece you can see a child playing on a rope swing.
Topic:
Figure group  Search this
Recreation\sport and play\swinging  Search this
Architecture Exterior\domestic\house  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson
Object number:
1986.65.249
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
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
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk786fd7d5b-a599-4002-a2f8-ab8524467541
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1986.65.249