Object Details
- Artist
- Ulysses Davis, born Fitzgerald, GA 1913-died Savannah, GA 1990
- Gallery Label
- Ulysses Davis carved this relief sculpture for his wife. Davis plays with words and form by depicting a hart, or mature male deer, bleating to his mate inside a heart-shaped frame. Playful young deer bound around a second border, which is set with additional heart shapes carved in relief. The piece, a departure from Davis’s better-known presidential busts and fantastic animals, speaks about familial love.
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment
- ca. 1950-1960
- Object number
- 2015.48
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Sculpture
- Folk Art
- Medium
- carved wood
- Dimensions
- 34 × 35 × 7 in. (86.4 × 88.9 × 17.8 cm)
- See more items in
- Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture
- On View
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, 1st Floor, West Wing
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Topic
- Animal\deer
- Emblem\heart
- Record ID
- saam_2015.48
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk77a3cba64-b485-421f-bcd5-46320f2451d6
