Artist:

William Queor, born NY 1910-died Saint Lawrence, NY 1980  Search this

Medium:

carved and painted wood with mixed media

Dimensions:

overall: 8 1/4 x 23 x 5 3/4 in. (21.0 x 58.3 x 14.6 cm.) irregular part B: 1 5/16 x 5 3/8 x 1/4 in. (3.4 x 13.8 x 0.5 cm.) part C: 1 1/16 x 3 3/4 x 1/4 in. (2.7 x 9.5 x 0.5 cm.)

Type:

Sculpture

Folk Art

Date:

after 1970

Luce Center Label:

William Queor created this piece to memorialize the logging industry around the turn of the century. In the early days of logging there were few roads and railroads to transport the logs. Workers did most of the cutting in the winter, because the icy conditions made it easier to move the wood. Queor’s sculpture shows two horses pulling a sled full of logs bound for the river where, in the spring, the wood will be floated downstream to the mill.

Topic:

Occupation\industry\lumber  Search this

Architecture\vehicle\cart  Search this

Animal\horse  Search this

Figure male\full length  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:

1986.65.262A-C

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection

Department:

Painting and Sculpture

Data Source:

Smithsonian American Art Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7fec75683-9a53-4e63-bef1-accbf361d06c

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:saam_1986.65.262A-C