The Undercut
Artist
Ernest Norling
(born Pasco, Washington, 1892; died Seattle, Washington, 1974)
Date1934
Place depictedWashington
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsOverall: 33 3/8 × 39 5/8 in. (84.8 × 100.6 cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds from the Amanda Snyder Fund
Terms
- logging
- figures (representations)
- trees
Object number2013.5
DescriptionImage of two men chopping down a large tree. The one in the foreground has his back to the viewer and swings an ax. The one in the background has just landed his ax in the widening cut. Behind the front figure on the right, leaning against the tree, is a long cross-cut saw.On View
Not on view
