Oak with Man in Hammock, David Johnson

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David Johnson, Oak with Man in Hammock
David Johnson, Oak with Man in Hammock
David Johnson
Oak with Man in Hammock
1883
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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Exhibition Label: "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.