Woman’s Head with Pink Bow

Shields Landon ("S.L.") Jones, Woman's Head with Pink Bow, ca. 1979, carved and painted wood with ribbon, 15 1⁄4 x 10 1⁄2 x 9 1⁄2 in. (38.7 x 26.7 x 24.1 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Chuck and Jan Rosenak and museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 1997.124.68

Artwork Details

Title
Woman’s Head with Pink Bow
Artist
Date
ca. 1979
Location
Dimensions
15 1⁄4 x 10 1⁄2 x 9 1⁄2 in. (38.7 x 26.7 x 24.1 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 with ribbon
Classifications
Subjects
  • Figure female — bust
Object Number
1997.124.68
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1997.124.68

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 (7 items)

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Roselit Day
Artist
Date1953
oil on canvas
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I. Rice Pereira, Untitled (Boats at Cape Cod), 1932, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Djelloul Marbrook, 1988.80
Untitled (Boats at Cape Cod)
Artist
Date1932
oil on canvas
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I. Rice Pereira, The Celestial Gate Sways on the Ringing Swells, 1961, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc., 1969.47.36
The Celestial Gate Sways on the Ringing Swells
Artist
Date1961
oil on canvas
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I. Rice Pereira, Mecca, 1953, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Leslie Dame, 1973.191
Mecca
Artist
Date1953
oil on canvas
Not on view

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