Object Details
- Attributed to
- Augustus Aaron Wilson, born Mt. Desert Island, ME 1864-died Portland, ME 1950
- Luce Center Label
- The Nantucket Yacht Club used these two penguins as fence post ornaments. Augustus Wilson carved the wooden birds using simple tools, including a Boy Scout knife from the five-and-dime store, a handsaw, a hatchet, and a chisel to shape the bodies and outline the wings.
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson
- ca. 1900-1940
- Object number
- 1986.65.386
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Sculpture
- Folk Art
- Medium
- carved and painted wood with metal
- Dimensions
- 19 5/8 x 9 7/8 x 9 in. (50.0 x 25.1 x 23.0 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, 27B
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Topic
- Animal\bird\penguin
- Record ID
- saam_1986.65.386
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7a1a9a2d4-8480-4a8b-b085-d58426deedec
