Shotgun Shanty
Date1999
Mediumwood, copper and nails
Dimensions13 11/16 × 6 15/16 × 4 13/16 inches (34.8 × 17.6 × 12.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Arthur Bennett Kouwenhoven, Jr.
Object number2000.4
Copyright© John M. Mitchell.
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Label TextThis sculpture depicts a shotgun house, a narrow rectangular home, which was popular in the South after the end of the Civil War through the 20th century. Influenced by West African and Haitian housing forms, shotgun houses were often inhabited by economically-depressed families.
