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Cedar panels in Paulson Reading Room
The Paulson Reading Room includes two large works carved from
inch-thick Oregon cedar. Art Clough was the designer and lead carver,
assisted by
Ross McClure and apprentice Jim de Broekert. Each of the works is a triptych
with a bottom frieze. At the center of each panel is a mountain framed
by tall conifers, with a bridge-like span of mist depicting events of
previous eras.
West triptych (shown at left)
Left panel: "Trails in the shadow of Mount Hood." Forest telephone lines being installed; a Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) trail improvement crew at work; a government mule pack train; recreational hikers. In the mist above, pioneers with covered wagons cross the Barlow Trail on the south slope of Mount Hood.
Central panel: "Halcyon days at the foot of Mount Jefferson." A tourist campoground with CCC camp improvement crew at work. In the mist span, Indians and fur traders negotiate.
Right panel: "Below the spires of Three-Fingered Jack." A CCC crew constructs a lookout tower, with an old "crows nest" lookout atop a tree beside it. In the mist railway surveyors and their pack animals are at work.
Frieze: "Release of youth from Depression conditions." Scenes of urban poverty and desperation.
East triptych
Left panel: "Mount Washington." A road crew replacing a trail. In the mist, frontiersmen meeting mounted Indians.
Central panel: "The Three Sisters." People relaxing at a CCC construction camp, with a mapping class. In the mist, a work crew getting a wagon over a trail.
Right panel: "Mount Thielsen." Construction of a bridge, with government mules fording the deep river below. In the mist, a stagecoach traveling at speed.
Frieze: "Release of youth from Depression conditions." Scenes of urban poverty and desperation.
Maintained by: N. Helmer, spcarref@uoregon.eduLast Modified: 10/24/2006