Object number:
2007.52.106
Object name:
sculpture
Title:
The Birds of the North Shore
Maker:
Dan Gottsegen
Date made:
1985
Material/Technique:
Oil and acrylic on carved wood
Dimensions:
H: 41 in, W: 11.75 in, D: 5 in
Credit line:
The Ted and Ruth Nash Collection
Copyright status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Physical description:
Large forest landscape wall sculpture made from carved wood and painted with oil and acrylic. Tall trees in bas-relief with white bark and dense green leafy canopy appear at right and left separated by a brown path that begins along the lower edge of the composition and tapers up to left of center. A flat mottled blue and white sky is visible above the leafy canopy at top.
Concepts:
north shore; forest; tree; landscape; wood carving
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