Object Details
- Artist
- Russell Gillespie, born NC 1922
- Luce Center Label
- Russell Gillespie creates small wooden buildings inspired by the log cabin where he was born. The gnarled trees surrounding House are old tree roots that Gillespie found around his home in the mountains of North Carolina. He often includes figures and animals in his sculptures, and in this piece you can see a child playing on a rope swing.
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson
- ca. 1972
- Object number
- 1986.65.249
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Sculpture
- Folk Art
- Medium
- wood with leather and string
- Dimensions
- 18 1/4 x 19 1/4 x 8 5/8 in. (46.2 x 48.9 x 21.8 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
- Figure group
- Recreation\sport and play\swinging
- Architecture Exterior\domestic\house
- Record ID
- saam_1986.65.249
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk786fd7d5b-a599-4002-a2f8-ab8524467541
