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
Copied 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
Keywords
  • 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)

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