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"The Greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove one's self a fool; the truest heroism, is to resist the doubt; and the profoundest wisdom, to know when it ought to be resisted, and..., (sculpture)

Catalog Data

Sculptor:
Hunt, Richard 1935-2023  Search this
Medium:
Cut, formed and welded chromed steel
Type:
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Smithsonian American Art Museum 8th & G Streets, N.W Washington District of Columbia 20560 Accession Number: 1984.124.122
Date:
1975
Notes:
National Museum of American Art, 1990.
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.
Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2006.
Perry, Reginia A., "Free Within Ourselves: African American Artists in the Collection of the National Museum of American Art," Washington, DC: National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1992, pg. 91.
Powell, Richard J. and Virginia M. Mecklenburg, "African American Art: Harlem Renaissance, Civil Rights Era, and Beyond," Washington, DC: Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2012, pg. 135.
Perry, Reginia A., "Free Within Ourselves: African American Artists in the Collection of the National Museum of American Art," Washington, DC: National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1992, pg. 90.
Powell, Richard J. and Virginia M. Mecklenburg, "African American Art: Harlem Renaissance, Civil Rights Era, and Beyond," Washington, DC: Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2012, pg. 135.
unsigned
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Topic:
Abstract  Search this
Object--Other--Wheel  Search this
Homage--Hawthorne, Nathaniel  Search this
Allegory--Quality--Virtue  Search this
Control number:
IAS 08580743
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_112699