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(Dog Beside Tree Trunk), (sculpture)

Catalog Data

Sculptor:
Unknown  Search this
Medium:
Sculpture: marble; Base: concrete
Type:
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Spann Methodist Church Ward-Satcher Cemetery Church Street, off Highway 23 Ward South Carolina
Date:
1901
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, South Carolina survey, 1993.
Summary:
Reclining hunting dog in front of sculpted tree trunk. Dog has proper left foreleg extended and proper right foreleg folded under. Tree trunk has three partial projecting limbs, and on one limb hangs a wreath. Sculpted ivy circles up the tree trunk from the base to the wreath. Back of tree trunk has smoothed surface which is inscribed.
Topic:
Animal--Dog  Search this
Landscape--Tree  Search this
Control number:
IAS SC000102
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_321261