Guitarist

Shields Landon ("S.L.") Jones, Guitarist, 1976, man: carved and painted wood guitar: carved wood, overall: 259 147 38 (63.423.518.8 cm.) man: 257 787 38 in. (63.419.918.8 cm.) guitar: 8 782 341 18 in. (22.77.02.9 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson, 1986.65.382A-B

Artwork Details

Title
Guitarist
Date
1976
Dimensions
overall: 259 147 38 (63.423.518.8 cm.) man: 257 787 38 in. (63.419.918.8 cm.) guitar: 8 782 341 18 in. (22.77.02.9 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson
Mediums Description
man: carved and painted wood guitar: carved wood
Classifications
Subjects
  • Performing arts — music — guitar
  • Figure male — full length
Object Number
1986.65.382A-B

Works by this artist (8 items)

Injured Miner
Dateca.1937
lithograph on paper
Not on view
Bernard Steffen, Blown Soil, n.d., lithograph, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Audrey McMahon, 1968.98.14
Blown Soil
Daten.d.
lithograph
Not on view
Bernard Steffen, Starvation, ca. 1935-1943, lithograph on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Jean Nichols, 1974.38.74
Starvation
Dateca. 1935-1943
lithograph on paper
Not on view
Bernard Steffen, Windy Day, ca. 1935-1939, lithograph on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Audrey McMahon, 1968.98.13
Windy Day
Dateca. 1935-1939
lithograph on paper
Not on view

Exhibitions

Media - 1970.353.1-.116 - SAAM-1970.353.1-.116_9 - 127238
Galleries for Folk and Self-Taught Art
October 21, 2016January 31, 2030
SAAM’s collection of folk and self-taught art represents the powerful vision of America’s untrained and vernacular artists.

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