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Ray Carrington
Scrap Iron Railroad Sculpture by Ray Carrington c.1971
1971

$2,800List Price

About the Item

Scrap Iron Railroad Sculpture by Ray Carrington c.1971 Ray Carrington has been preserving California railroad history through his imaginative scrap iron sculptures for 50 years! Raymond C. Carrington is an American sculptor based in Northern California. Carrington was born and raised in Dunsmuir, California. He graduated from the University of California with a Bachelor of Science degree in forestry. He has worked as a U.S. Air Force intelligence officer, taught mathematics at Vacaville High School, and owned a television news service. A collection of his sculptures is kept at the University of California, College of Natural Resources in Berkeley, California. His sculptures are created with railroad scraps that were collected in and around the old sawmill town of Hilt, California. His scrap iron sculptures have been exhibited at the California State Railroad Museum. "Scrap Art or Iron Icons?" These sculptures are very rare, and each one is an original. This one shows the artist at his desk, deep in thought, with a paintbrush in hand, and golden yellow paint on the surface. Dimensions 8" x 8 1/2" at the base x 9" high. The materials used in Carrington’s “Railroad Worker” series were obtained from various railroad lines in northern California, including the Sacramento Northern (an electric railway which once stretched from Oakland to Chico via Sacramento); Southern Pacific (once the state’s largest railroad and transportation company); McCloud River; and Fruit Growers’ Supply (Hilt). Many of the railroad spikes, track plates, and tools are worn – pitted and ravaged by time and use. Some still bear the markings of their original use. According to Carrington, his forging, twisting, and welding of old railroad spikes, tools and logging artifacts into sculptures chronicles the toils and the ingenuity of workers in the railroad and logging industries. Decades ago, the two industries were inextricably intertwined – railroads were a primary means of moving logs from forest to sawmill, and finished lumber from sawmill to market. An expanding nation was building homes and businesses, and lumber was needed for furniture, packaging, and plenty of other uses. A rare opportunity!

Creator:
Ray Carrington
Creation Year:
1971
Dimensions:
Height: 9 in (22.86 cm)Width: 8 in (20.32 cm)Depth: 8.5 in (21.59 cm)
Medium:
Iron
Period:
Mid-20th Century
Condition:
Very good condition.
Gallery Location:
San Francisco, CA
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU137826551132

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