Bill Meets Art at the Museum
Date1979
Artist
Jack Earl
(American sculptor, born 1934)
MediumCeramic
Dimensions7 1/4 × 8 1/4 × 7 in. (18.4 × 21 × 17.8 cm)
Credit LinePurchased with funds provided by the National Endowment for the Arts and contributions, 1979
Object number1979-60
On View
Not on viewClassificationsSCULPTURE
Label TextThis work is part of a series based on the artist's father-in-law, Bill. Cast as a muck farmer from a rural town in Ohio, Bill is always depicted in baseball cap, work boots, open-collared shirt and jeans. In this humorously satirical work, Bill and his dog visit a museum where they confront the statue of a "Stone Man" that ironically looks like Bill. Dogs are a favorite subject of the artist and appear in the majority of his works.
