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Dove
4 x 8 1/4 x 13 1/2 in. (10.2 x 21 x 34.3 cm)William Edmondson
United States (Davidson, County, KY, 1882 - 1951, Nashville, TN)
Object Type:
Sculpture
Medium and Support:
Carved sandstone
Credit Line:
Marion Stratton Gould Fund
Accession Number:
1970.60
Location: Not currently on view
William Edmondson was a self-taught sculptor from Tennessee, who claimed that God told him to start sculpting. He transformed blocks of stone into his ‘critters’, including this elegant dove.
Oct. 2011/Folk Art Case
M. Searl
Oct. 2011/Folk Art Case
M. Searl
Provenance
Edmund L. Fuller, Pittsburgh, PA; Stony Point Folk Art Gallery, Stony Point, NY; purchased from them by the Gallery in 1970
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Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- Signs and Symbols: American Folk Sculpture Memorial Art Gallery 3/12/1971 - 5/2/1971
- Harris K. Prior Memorial Exhibition 4/2/1976 - 5/2/1976
- Through the Looking Glass 12/6/1980 - 1/25/1981
- Bill Traylor, William Edmondson and the Modernist Impulse The Menil Collection 10/22/2004 - 10/2/2005
Bibliography
This object has the following bibliographic references:
- Article Title: Acquisition. Article Scope: Article and reproduction. Memorial Art Gallery. Gallery Notes. Rochester, New York: Memorial Art Gallery, 1935-1995. Volume Number: 36, Issue Number: 9. Issue Date: May 1971.
- Article Scope: Entry and reproduction. Josef Helfenstein, ed. Bill Traylor, William Edmondson and the Modernist Impulse. Urbana-Champaign: Krannert Art Museum, 2004.
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