Oak with Man in Hammock

David Johnson, artist

1827–1908

Oak with Man in Hammock, 1883

Where object was made: United States

Material/technique: whitewash; wove paper; pencil

Dimensions:
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 30.6 x 47.2 cm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 12 1/16 x 18 9/16 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 20 x 25 in

Credit line: Gift of David Henry in honor of Professor Elizabeth Schultz

Accession number: 1988.0070

Not on display

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"Trees & Other Ramifications: Branches in Nature & Culture," Mar-2009, Steve Goddard
Johnson worked primarily in the northeastern part of the United States and was especially active in New York State. The Y-shaped trunks of these old oaks suggests that they were felled, perhaps in the eighteenth century, only to grow back in this idiosyncratic form.