(Jackson, Ohio, 1919 - 1985, Fort Jackson, South Carolina)
1981
Sandstone
7 3/4 x 4 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. (19.8 x 11.4 x 11.4 cm)
Collection of the Akron Art Museum
Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr.
1991.62
Reed, a southern Ohio stone and wood carver, often depicted subjects from the Bible; the nude female with the reptile may represent Eve. He also enjoyed reading about and portraying figures from Greek mythology such as this harpy, a figure with the head of a woman and the body of a bird.