Log Jam
Artist
Frank Tenney Johnson
(American, 1874 - 1939)
Mediumoil on paperboard
Dimensions14 x 10 inches (35.6 x 25.4 cm)
Frame: 23 1/4 × 19 1/4 × 1 1/2 inches (59.1 × 48.9 × 3.8 cm)
Frame: 23 1/4 × 19 1/4 × 1 1/2 inches (59.1 × 48.9 × 3.8 cm)
Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965
Object number31.22.11
ClassificationsPaintings
DescriptionCover for sketchbook.Label TextJohnson’s sketch Log Jam portrays the power of nature. Loggers have felled trees and are using the river as transportation. The logs float, and the current will carry them to a sawmill. These logs have snagged, however, and created a pile-up. Loggers work to separate logs and to free the mass as the current continues to rush.
ProvenancePurchased July 8, 1958 through (C. Bland Jamison, Santa Fe, New Mexico) by H.J. Lutcher Stark [1887-1965]; bequeathed September 2, 1965 to the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation; accessioned to the Stark Museum of Art
On View
On viewFrank Tenney Johnson
Frank Tenney Johnson
1918
Frank Tenney Johnson
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