Object Details
- Artist
- Stephan W. Polaha, born Cleveland, OH 1891-died Reading, PA 1977
- Exhibition Label
- Stephan Polaha was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and later moved to Reading, Pennsylvania. He became regionally celebrated for painted woodcarvings of animals. Polaha especially loved dogs and made carvings of them with sweet comical faces, such as this bright-eyed canine, and sometimes gave them angel-like wings, showing the artist’s abiding reverence for these loyal companions.
- (We Are Made of Stories: Self-Taught Artists in the Robson Family Collection, 2022)
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, The Margaret Z. Robson Collection, Gift of John E. and Douglas O. Robson
- ca. 1975
- Object number
- 2016.38.61
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Sculpture
- Folk Art
- Medium
- carved and painted wood and glass
- Dimensions
- 13 5/8 × 18 7/8 × 6 7/8 in. (34.6 × 47.9 × 17.5 cm)
- See more items in
- Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture
- On View
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor, 25A
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Topic
- Animal\dog
- Record ID
- saam_2016.38.61
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk75f3979f4-7a11-4395-901c-94eb85978593
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