Sculpture

Title:

Checkers Up at the Farm

Object Name:

Sculpture

Object ID:

1971.014

Creator:

Rogers, John (1829-1904) -- Sculptor

Date:

1875-1890

Description:

Sculpture. "Checkers Up at the Farm," by John Rogers (1829-1904). Figural group. Plaster. A checkerboard supported on a barrel to right and left of which are seated respectively a younger man on an inverted basket and an older man on a stool. Younger man making a move in the game with outstretched left arm, while holding handle of hoe with right hand. Older man's right hand on his hip, holding a fan. Woman standing at rear of board with right foot on top of three legged stool and holding child at her right. Child up setting checkers with outstretched right foot. Cat reaching out from under stool at left to play with checker on floor. Base is oval, flat at rear, 2" high, and has beveled upper edge. Inscriptions, all in upper case letters: "JOHN ROGERS / NEW YORK," at center front on upper surface of base; "CHECKERS / UP AT THE FARM," on front surface of base; and "PATENTED / VEMBER 28" 1875," at rear right on upper surface of base. Painted "clay color.":

Material:

Plaster

Dimensions:

H-20 W-17.75 D-12.875 inches

Provenance:

One of the two most popular "Rogers Groups," over 5,000 copies of which were sold. Cast from a glue mold made from the bronze master model now at the New York Historical Society. Much of the sculptor's earliest work was done in Manchester, NH, where he was employed as a draftsman and mechanic, but nothing modeled there is known to survive.

Credit Line:

Gift of Guy C. Came

People:

Rogers, John (1829-1904)

Subjects:

Sculpture, Checkers