Organ Screen for the California School for the Blind

Maker Sargent Claude Johnson (American, 1888 - 1967)

Additional Title(s)

Screen

Collections

ClassificationsSCULPTURE

Date1933-1934

Mediumgilded and painted wood

Dimensionsoverall: 105 × 264 × 2 in. (266.7 × 670.6 × 5.1 cm.) a: 71 1/2 × 76 3/4 × 2 1/2 in. (181.6 × 194.9 × 6.4 cm.) b: 104 3/4 × 53 5/8 × 3 in. (266.1 × 136.2 × 7.6 cm.) c: 105 1/4 × 53 1/2 × 3 in. (267.3 × 135.9 × 7.6 cm.) d: 71 1/2 × 77 7/8 × 2 3/4 in. (181.6 × 197.8 × 7 cm.)

DescriptionLow relief carving for an organ screen, in four parts a) left panel (deer facing out) b) center left panel (rabbit only) c) center right panel (rabbit and deer) d) right panel (deer facing in)

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Purchased with funds from the Art Collectors' Council, the Connie Perkins Endowment, and the Virginia Steele Scott Acquisition Fund for American Art in honor of George Abdo and Roy Ritchie

CopyrightCommissioned by the Federal Arts Project for the Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Status

On view

Object number2011.5