Woman's Head with Pink Bow

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

ca. 1979

Object number

1997.124.68

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Type

Sculpture

Folk Art

Medium

carved and painted wood with ribbon

Dimensions

15 1/4 x 10 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (38.7 x 26.7 x 24.1 cm.)

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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

Figure female\bust

Record ID

saam_1997.124.68

Metadata Usage (text)

Not determined

GUID (Link to Original Record)

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk77c1434b8-bab0-45a9-9a00-cdf0a2297f58