{"id":2592,"date":"2013-10-11T14:54:35","date_gmt":"2013-10-11T18:54:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/houghtonmodern\/?p=2592"},"modified":"2013-10-22T10:51:33","modified_gmt":"2013-10-22T14:51:33","slug":"its-a-dogs-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/houghtonmodern\/2013\/10\/11\/its-a-dogs-life\/","title":{"rendered":"It’s a dog’s life"},"content":{"rendered":"

This post is part of an ongoing series featuring items from the newly acquired Santo Domingo collection.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\u00a0 Stephen Huneck was not only an American author but a carving artist, painter, and furniture maker.\u00a0 Originally from Sudbury, Massachusetts he began working in wood when he lived in Rochester, Vermont.\u00a0 He was ostensibly discovered when an art dealer bought a carved angel out of the back of his truck for $1000.\u00a0 After a near death experience with respiratory distress syndrome he began work on the Dog Chapel in St. Johnsbury, Vermont.\u00a0 An homage to dogs the chapel has both human sized doors and a dog door, as well as carved wooden dogs on the pews and stained glass windows of dogs.\u00a0 My Dog’s Brain<\/em> is about his beloved black lab Sally, which recounts a glimpse into the psyche of a dog and how she spends her days.\u00a0 \"\"<\/a>\u00a0 \"\"<\/a>\u00a0 Huneck credited his recovery after his near death experience to his dog, as well as the process of making the woodcuts for the book.\u00a0\u00a0 \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Tragically Huneck committed suicide in 2010.\u00a0 Art pieces of Huneck’s can be found at the Smithsonian and the Museum of American Folk Art.\u00a0 To look at more of the gorgeous illustrations the book can be found through the Fine Arts Library<\/a>.\u00a0 My dog’s brain \/ by Stephen Huneck.\u00a0 New York, N.Y., U.S.A. :\u00a0Viking Studio,\u00a0c1997. NE1112.H86\u00a0A4 1997 <\/a>.<\/p>\n

Thanks to Alison Harris, Santo Domingo Project Manager and Leo\u00a0Evangelista Cataloging Specialist at 625, for contributing this post.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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