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
- 1975
- Object number
- 1997.124.69
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Sculpture
- Folk Art
- Medium
- paint and pencil on carved wood
- Dimensions
- 10 x 8 1/2 x 7 3/4 in. (25.4 x 21.6 x 19.7 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, 27A
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Topic
- Recreation\leisure\smoking
- Figure male\bust
- Record ID
- saam_1997.124.69
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk79a87cf9c-240f-4115-ace2-5da29362c05e
