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House
ca. 1972
Russell Gillespie
Born: North Carolina 1922
wood with leather and string
18 1/4 x 19 1/4 x 8 5/8 in. (46.2 x 48.9 x 21.8 cm.)
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson
1986.65.249
Smithsonian American Art Museum
3rd Floor, Luce Foundation Center
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.
- This object is featured in the Luce Center's Mix Tape.
For more information about this work visit the Luce Foundation Center.
Keywords
Architecture Exterior - domestic - house
Figure group
Recreation - sport and play - swinging
sculpture
folk art
animal parts - leather
fabric - string
metal - iron
mixed media
wood
About Russell Gillespie
Born: North Carolina 1922
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