{"object":[{"sourceId":{"label":"Source ID","value":"1921"},"copyright":{"label":"Copyright","value":"The American Folk Art Museum believes this work to be in the public domain."},"creditline":{"label":"Credit Line","value":"Gift of Alastair B. Martin"},"endDate":{"label":"End Date","value":"1905"},"sortNumber":{"label":"Sort Number","value":"1969     1  100"},"invno":{"label":"Accession number","value":"1969.1.100"},"description":{"label":"Description","value":"\"R\" carved at bottom of tail decoy"},"medium":{"label":"Medium","value":"Paint on wood"},"geographyPlaceregion":{"label":"Place/Region","value":"Smith Island"},"media":{"label":"Media","value":[{"mediaURL":"https://collection.folkartmuseum.org/internal/media/dispatcher/25462/full","mediaDepartment":"Object Photographs","mediaType":"Image","mediaId":"25462"},{"mediaURL":"https://collection.folkartmuseum.org/internal/media/dispatcher/25463/full","mediaDepartment":"Object Photographs","mediaType":"Image","mediaId":"25463"},{"mediaURL":"https://collection.folkartmuseum.org/internal/media/dispatcher/25464/full","mediaDepartment":"Object Photographs","mediaType":"Image","mediaId":"25464"},{"mediaURL":"https://collection.folkartmuseum.org/internal/media/dispatcher/25465/full","mediaDepartment":"Object Photographs","mediaType":"Image","mediaId":"25465"},{"mediaURL":"https://collection.folkartmuseum.org/internal/media/dispatcher/545/full","mediaDepartment":"Object Photographs - multiple objects","mediaType":"Image","mediaId":"545"}]},"title":{"label":"Title","value":"Long-Billed Curlew"},"geographyCity":{"value":"Smith Island"},"textEntriesWebsitedisplaytext":{"value":["SCULPTURE","Object information is a work in progress and may be updated with new research. Records are reviewed and revised, and the American Folk Art Museum welcomes additional information.　To help improve this record, please email photoservices@folkartmuseum.org","It is interesting to compare the factory-made curlew to one fashioned by hand by Captain Robert Andrews. Andrews worked as a crew member of the Smith Island Life Savings Station under the command of George Hitchens. He is known to have carved at least one rig with his mates John Henry Downes and Alma Fitchett, as well as individual decoys such as this elegant curlew. He worked at the station until about 1900, when he entered civilian life. Based upon extant examples, Andrews\u2019 decoys exhibit an almost abstract, spare approach to carving and painting, with simple angeld planes for definition and minimal surface carving.Stacy C. Hollander, \"Long-Billed Curlew,\" in American Anthem: Masterworks from the American Folk Art Museum (New York: Harry N. Abrams in association with American Folk Art Museum, 2001), 367.Object information is a work in progress and may be updated with new research. Records are reviewed and revised, and the American Folk Art Museum welcomes additional information. To help improve this record, please email photoservices@folkartmuseum.org."]},"collections":{"label":"Collections","value":["Three Dimensional Works","Wildfowl Decoys"]},"geography":{"label":"Geography","value":"Smith Island"},"id":{"label":"Id","value":"153505"},"geographyState":{"value":"Virginia"},"geographyCountry":{"value":"United States"},"onview":{"label":"On View","value":"0"},"people":{"label":"Artist / Maker","value":{"displayOrder":"1","personRole":"Artist","personID":"1008","content":"Captain Robert Andrews"}},"classifications":{"label":"Classification(s)","value":"Tools and Equipment"},"textEntries":{"label":"Text Entries","value":["SCULPTURE","Object information is a work in progress and may be updated with new research. Records are reviewed and revised, and the American Folk Art Museum welcomes additional information.　To help improve this record, please email photoservices@folkartmuseum.org","It is interesting to compare the factory-made curlew to one fashioned by hand by Captain Robert Andrews. Andrews worked as a crew member of the Smith Island Life Savings Station under the command of George Hitchens. He is known to have carved at least one rig with his mates John Henry Downes and Alma Fitchett, as well as individual decoys such as this elegant curlew. He worked at the station until about 1900, when he entered civilian life. Based upon extant examples, Andrews\u2019 decoys exhibit an almost abstract, spare approach to carving and painting, with simple angeld planes for definition and minimal surface carving.Stacy C. Hollander, \"Long-Billed Curlew,\" in American Anthem: Masterworks from the American Folk Art Museum (New York: Harry N. Abrams in association with American Folk Art Museum, 2001), 367.Object information is a work in progress and may be updated with new research. Records are reviewed and revised, and the American Folk Art Museum welcomes additional information. To help improve this record, please email photoservices@folkartmuseum.org."]},"beginDate":{"label":"Begin Date","value":"1895"},"displayDate":{"label":"Date","value":"c. 1900"},"exhibitions":{"label":"Exhibitions","value":[{"exhibitionDisplayDate":"Thursday, July 11, 2002 - Sunday, January 5, 2003","exhibitionEndISODate":"2003-01-26","exhibitionID":"73","exhibitionISOBeginDate":"2002-07-11","exhibitionBeginDate":"2002","exhibitionTitle":"American Anthem","exhibitionEndDate":"2003"},{"exhibitionDisplayDate":"Monday, August 26, 2019 - Sunday, January 3, 2021","exhibitionEndISODate":"2021-01-03","exhibitionID":"241","exhibitionISOBeginDate":"2019-08-26","exhibitionBeginDate":"2019","exhibitionTitle":"Six Decades Collecting Self-Taught Art","exhibitionEndDate":"2021"},{"exhibitionDisplayDate":"Saturday, July 2, 2016 - Monday, September 19, 2016","exhibitionEndISODate":"2016-09-19","exhibitionID":"159","exhibitionISOBeginDate":"2016-07-02","exhibitionBeginDate":"2016","exhibitionTitle":"AMERICAN MADE","exhibitionEndDate":"2016"}]},"dimensions":{"label":"Dimensions","value":"3 3/4 × 17 × 3 1/4\""}}]}