Monkey Dog

Miles Burkholder Carpenter, Monkey Dog, 1967, painted and carved tree limbs, metal screw and tacks, fabric, and ribbon, 11 147 1814 14 in. (28.618.136.2 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson, 1986.65.236

Artwork Details

Title
Monkey Dog
Date
1967
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
11 147 1814 14 in. (28.618.136.2 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson
Mediums Description
painted and carved tree limbs, metal screw and tacks, fabric, and ribbon
Classifications
Subjects
  • Animal — monkey
Object Number
1986.65.236

Artwork Description

Monkey Dog is one of the many animals, both real and imagined, that Miles Carpenter carved out of wood. Along with his “root monsters” and watermelon slices, the monkey dogs are some of the most popular (Lynda Hartigan, Made with Passion, 1990). Carpenter enjoyed adding humor to his figures and admitted that sometimes he created ugly animals and did not know what they were. (Jann Malone, “He Manufactures Monsters,” Richmond Times Dispatch, October 6, 1974)

Works by this artist (1 item)

Ruben Ochoa, What if walls created spaces?, 2007, lenticular print mounted on aluminum composite, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center, 2015.42A-D, © 2007, Ruben Ochoa
What if walls created spaces?
Date2007
lenticular print mounted on aluminum composite
Not on view

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Nicholas Nixon, The Brown Sisters, Truro, Massachusetts, 2017, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Samuel and Blanche Koffler Acquisition Fund, 2018.1
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Date2018
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