Dog

O. L. "Geech" Samuels, Dog, 1995, carved and painted wood, glass, and glitter, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Chuck and Jan Rosenak and museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 1997.124.84
O. L. "Geech" Samuels, Dog, 1995, carved and painted wood, glass, and glitter, 45 1⁄2 x 39 x 10 in. (115.6 x 99.1 x 25.4 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Chuck and Jan Rosenak and museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 1997.124.84

Artwork Details

Title
Dog
Artist
Date
1995
Location
Dimensions
45 1⁄2 x 39 x 10 in. (115.6 x 99.1 x 25.4 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Chuck and Jan Rosenak and museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment
Mediums
Mediums Description
carved and painted wood, glass, and glitter
Classifications
Subjects
  • Animal — dog
Object Number
1997.124.84
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1997.124.84

Artwork Description

Ossie Lee "Geech" Samuels believes that the shape of the wood determines what he carves. His surreal sculptures show a wide variety of subjects, including unicorns, real and fantastical animals, family members, black heroes, and futuristic automobiles. Although he is color-blind, Samuels paints his sculptures with an array of colors and a "secret mixture" of sawdust, glitter, and glue. (Chuck and Jan Rosenak, Contemporary American Folk Art: A Collector's Guide, 1996, and Betty-Carol Sellen, Self Taught, Outsider, and Folk Art, 2000)

Works by this artist (3 items)

William Wolfson, Young Bathers, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1975.62.1
Young Bathers
Artist
Not on view
William Wolfson, Fourteenth Street, N.Y., 1927, lithograph, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1975.62.2
Fourteenth Street, N.Y.
Artist
Date1927
lithograph
Not on view
William Wolfson, Benches, 1930, lithograph on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1976.90.3
Benches
Artist
Date1930
lithograph on paper
Not on view

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Dog
1995, carved and painted wood, glass, and glitter

O. L. "Geech" Samuels
Born: Wilcox County, Georgia 1931

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