Logging Team

Copied William Queor, Logging Team, after 1970, carved and painted wood with mixed media, overall: 8 1⁄4 x 23 x 5 3⁄4 in. (21.0 x 58.3 x 14.6 cm.) irregular part B: 1 5⁄16 x 5 3⁄8 x 1⁄4 in. (3.4 x 13.8 x 0.5 cm.) part C: 1 1⁄16 x 3 3⁄4 x 1⁄4 in. (2.7 x 9.5 x 0.5 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson, 1986.65.262A-C

Artwork Details

Title
Logging Team
Artist
Date
after 1970
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
overall: 8 1⁄4 x 23 x 5 3⁄4 in. (21.0 x 58.3 x 14.6 cm.) irregular part B: 1 5⁄16 x 5 3⁄8 x 1⁄4 in. (3.4 x 13.8 x 0.5 cm.) part C: 1 1⁄16 x 3 3⁄4 x 1⁄4 in. (2.7 x 9.5 x 0.5 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson
Mediums
Mediums Description
carved and painted wood with mixed media
Classifications
Subjects
  • Architecture — vehicle — cart
  • Figure male — full length
  • Occupation — industry — lumber
  • Animal — horse
Object Number
1986.65.262A-C
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1986.65.262A-C

Artwork Description

William Queor created this piece to memorialize the logging industry around the turn of the century. In the early days of logging there were few roads and railroads to transport the logs. Workers did most of the cutting in the winter, because the icy conditions made it easier to move the wood. Queor’s sculpture shows two horses pulling a sled full of logs bound for the river where, in the spring, the wood will be floated downstream to the mill.