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Ernest "Popeye" Reed

(Jackson, Ohio, 1919 - 1985, Fort Jackson, South Carolina)

Untitled [Harpy]

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

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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.

Keywords
Imaginary creatures
Folk Art
Mythology
United States
Sculpture
Sandstone