Jonah and the Whale

NameSculpture

Artist Jim Lewis (American, 1948 - 1999)

Date1993

Place madeSandy Hook, KENTUCKY, United States, North America

MediumWood, paint

Dimensions4 × 4 × 21 3/4 in. (10.16 × 10.16 × 55.2451 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Gift of Burt-Sellen Revocable Trust, A.2020.47.46

Object numberA.2020.47.46

DescriptionWhale figurine with open mouth and raised tail and bugging eyes. Inside the whale is a seated man wearing brown clothing.

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c. 1990

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1992

Rita and Ivan Lewis

1986

Lucy M. Lewis

c. 1960

Darío Soteno Léon

1997

18th-19th century

Artist unrecorded

ca. 1916

ca. 1922

Vernon Burwell

c. 2000

Early -mid 20th century

Tigerdale Studios, Los Angeles (Jim Tigerman)

c. 1975