Man with Pipe

Shields Landon ("S.L.") Jones, Man with Pipe, 1975, paint and pencil on carved wood, 10 x 8 1⁄2 x 7 3⁄4 in. (25.4 x 21.6 x 19.7 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Chuck and Jan Rosenak and museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 1997.124.69

Artwork Details

Title
Man with Pipe
Artist
Date
1975
Location
Dimensions
10 x 8 1⁄2 x 7 3⁄4 in. (25.4 x 21.6 x 19.7 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Chuck and Jan Rosenak and museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment
Mediums
Mediums Description
paint and pencil on carved wood
Classifications
Subjects
  • Recreation — leisure — smoking
  • Figure male — bust
Object Number
1997.124.69
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1997.124.69

Artwork Description

S. L. Jones created large figures and heads based on the people who lived and worked around him in Pine Hill, West Virginia. The portraits have very similar features, and in these pieces the bow and the pipe are the only way to tell that one is male and the other female. He used pieces of yellow poplar, maple, and black walnut to carve his sculptures and highlighted their features with paint and pencil.

Works by this artist (3 items)

John William ("Uncle Jack") Dey, Adam and Eve Leave Eden, 1973, model airplane enamel on fiberboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson, 1986.65.107
Adam and Eve Leave Eden
Artist
Date1973
model airplane enamel on fiberboard
On view
John William ("Uncle Jack") Dey, Acupuncture Pitchfork Style, ca. 1974, model airplane enamel on wood, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Chuck and Jan Rosenak and museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 1997.124.12
Acupuncture Pitchfork Style
Artist
Dateca. 1974
model airplane enamel on wood
Not on view
John William ("Uncle Jack") Dey, The Elephant Who Was Fond of Watermelon, 1970s, enamel on masonite, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of David L. Davies, 1992.37.5
The Elephant Who Was Fond of Watermelon
Artist
Date1970s
enamel on masonite
Not on view

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Howard Finster, Bible Flying (#1805), 1980, enamel on wood, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Chuck and Jan Rosenak and museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 1997.124.16
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