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.
- Title
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Untitled (Hart/Heart)
- Artist
- Date
- ca. 1950-1960
- Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 34 × 35 × 7 in. (86.4 × 88.9 × 17.8 cm)
- Credit Line
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment
- Mediums Description
- carved wood
- Classifications
- Highlights
- Keywords
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- Emblem – heart
- Animal – deer
- Object Number
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2015.48
- Palette
- Linked Open Data
- Linked Open Data URI
