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Apocalyptic Beasts

Artist:
Werner Drewes, born Canig, Germany (now Kaniów, Poland) 1899-died Reston, VA 1985  Search this
Medium:
engraving and softground etching on paper
Dimensions:
plate: 14 7/8 x 8 3/8 in. (37.8 x 21.2 cm)
Type:
Graphic Arts-Print
Date:
1944, printed 1975
Topic:
Fantasy\animal  Search this
Animal\lion  Search this
Animal\bird\eagle  Search this
Animal\bird\chicken  Search this
Allegory\death  Search this
Figure\fragment\skeleton  Search this
Religion\New Testament\Last Judgment  Search this
Religion\New Testament\Apocalypse  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist
Object number:
1976.74.18
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http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7011685c3-99e5-42c5-a7a9-78fdc76e22ec
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edanmdm:saam_1976.74.18

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) Courts of Jamshyd

Artist:
Elihu Vedder, born New York City 1836-died Rome, Italy 1923  Search this
Medium:
chalk, pencil, ink and watercolor on paper
Dimensions:
sheet: 14 x 10 5/8 in. (35.5 x 27.1 cm)
Type:
Drawing
Date:
1883-1884
Topic:
Animal\lion  Search this
Allegory\death\sleep  Search this
Animal\reptile\lizard  Search this
Literature\Khayyam, Omar\Rubaiyat  Search this
Architecture Exterior\ruins  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase and gift from Elizabeth W. Henderson in memory of her husband Francis Tracy Henderson
Object number:
1978.108.12
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GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk76e82f1bc-808f-4185-ae2a-3091cc3401ce
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edanmdm:saam_1978.108.12

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) The Cup of Death

Artist:
Elihu Vedder, born New York City 1836-died Rome, Italy 1923  Search this
Medium:
chalk, pencil and ink on paper
Dimensions:
sheet: 19 3/8 x 14 7/8 in. (49.1 x 37.7 cm)
Type:
Drawing
Date:
1883-1884
Topic:
Dress\historic\classical dress  Search this
Figure female\full length  Search this
Allegory\death  Search this
State of being\other\sleep  Search this
Literature\Khayyam, Omar\Rubaiyat  Search this
Object\other\dish  Search this
Religion\angel  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase and gift from Elizabeth W. Henderson in memory of her husband Francis Tracy Henderson
Object number:
1978.108.25
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CC0
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GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk70752d3af-507a-45b4-9be3-eecfb1bed377
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edanmdm:saam_1978.108.25

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) The Suicide

Artist:
Elihu Vedder, born New York City 1836-died Rome, Italy 1923  Search this
Medium:
chalk, pencil, ink and watercolor on paper
Dimensions:
sheet: 17 3/4 x 13 3/8 in. (45.1 x 33.9 cm)
Type:
Drawing
Date:
1883-1884
Topic:
Figure group\male  Search this
Landscape\time\night  Search this
Allegory\death  Search this
Landscape\celestial\star  Search this
Literature\Khayyam, Omar\Rubaiyat  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase and gift from Elizabeth W. Henderson in memory of her husband Francis Tracy Henderson
Object number:
1978.108.26
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CC0
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GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk77050a64a-417b-4acb-94a5-b0c4b9f59d27
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1978.108.26

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) Death's Review

Artist:
Elihu Vedder, born New York City 1836-died Rome, Italy 1923  Search this
Medium:
chalk, pencil, ink and watercolor on paper
Dimensions:
sheet: 17 1/2 x 13 1/2 in. (44.6 x 34.4 cm)
Type:
Drawing
Date:
1883
Topic:
Figure group  Search this
Landscape  Search this
Allegory\death  Search this
Literature\Khayyam, Omar\Rubaiyat  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase and gift from Elizabeth W. Henderson in memory of her husband Francis Tracy Henderson
Object number:
1978.108.27
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CC0
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GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk78c796983-0fb9-4d35-a74d-4874f0147904
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edanmdm:saam_1978.108.27

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) The Last Man

Artist:
Elihu Vedder, born New York City 1836-died Rome, Italy 1923  Search this
Medium:
chalk, pencil, ink and watercolor on paper
Dimensions:
sheet: 18 3/4 x 14 1/4 in. (47.6 x 36.3 cm)
Type:
Drawing
Date:
1883-1884
Topic:
Figure\fragment\skull  Search this
Figure male\nude  Search this
Allegory\death  Search this
Literature\Khayyam, Omar\Rubaiyat  Search this
Religion\angel  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase and gift from Elizabeth W. Henderson in memory of her husband Francis Tracy Henderson
Object number:
1978.108.40
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CC0
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GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk774d80be1-7d3b-4092-aab7-548d039c0e72
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edanmdm:saam_1978.108.40

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) Omar's Emblem

Artist:
Elihu Vedder, born New York City 1836-died Rome, Italy 1923  Search this
Medium:
chalk, pencil and ink on paper
Dimensions:
sheet: 18 5/8 x 14 in. (47.4 x 35.5 cm)
Type:
Drawing
Date:
1883-1884
Topic:
Animal\bird  Search this
Figure\fragment\skull  Search this
Allegory\death  Search this
Literature\Khayyam, Omar\Rubaiyat  Search this
Object\flower\rose  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase and gift from Elizabeth W. Henderson in memory of her husband Francis Tracy Henderson
Object number:
1978.108.6
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CC0
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GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7575d75b1-cabc-4b57-b23e-8d03a5b4fc71
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1978.108.6

The Flood

Artist:
Hilda Katz, born New York City 1909-died 1997  Search this
Type:
Graphic Arts-Print
Topic:
Allegory\death  Search this
Disaster\flood  Search this
Landscape\weather\lightning  Search this
Figure\fragment\skeleton  Search this
Architecture Exterior\domestic\house  Search this
Religion\angel  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist in memory of her parents, Max and Lina Katz
Object number:
1978.109.10
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GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk758aa3a2b-f085-4e3a-9639-53d645b5bb12
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1978.109.10

Salome

Artist:
Hilda Katz, born New York City 1909-died 1997  Search this
Type:
Graphic Arts-Print
Topic:
Allegory\death  Search this
Religion\New Testament\Salome  Search this
Figure male\fragment\skeleton  Search this
Religion\New Testament\John the Baptist  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist in memory of her parents, Max and Lina Katz
Object number:
1978.109.9
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GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7a5b8581f-33e8-4444-a702-ade0bfa3fdb2
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1978.109.9

Love and Death

Artist:
Da Loria Norman, born Leavenworth, KS 1872-died New York City 1935  Search this
Medium:
watercolor on paperboard
Dimensions:
sheet: 10 1/2 x 14 1/2 in. (26.7 x 36.8 cm)
Type:
Painting
Date:
1931
Topic:
Allegory\death  Search this
Landscape\phenomenon\light  Search this
Fantasy\winged being  Search this
Allegory\passion\love  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Lucy Norman de Sanchez
Object number:
1979.138
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CC0
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Department:
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Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk72a359da8-c9de-48a8-9052-35363ebc7275
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1979.138

The Flying Dutchman

Artist:
Vera Berdich, born Chicago, IL 1915-died Chicago, IL 2003  Search this
Medium:
color etching on paper
Dimensions:
sheet: 25 1/4 x 28 in. (64.1 x 71.1 cm) image: 19 3/4 x 23 in. (50.2 x 58.4 cm)
Type:
Graphic Arts-Print
Date:
1975
Topic:
Architecture\boat\sailing ship  Search this
Allegory\death  Search this
Landscape\cemetery  Search this
Architecture\boat\Flying Dutchman  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the S. W. and B. M. Koffler Foundation
Object number:
1979.53.2
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GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7902cb082-b955-4237-9b2d-4ceaa3ca2820
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1979.53.2

Angel of Death

Artist:
Robert Windham, born Ebenezer, AL 1911-died Ebenezer, AL 1993  Search this
Medium:
catalpa
Dimensions:
12 x 6 3/4 x 7 5/8 in. (30.5 x 17.0 x 19.4 cm.)
Type:
Sculpture
Folk Art
Date:
1979
Topic:
Figure male\elderly  Search this
Allegory\death  Search this
Religion\angel  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mr. James L. Whitehead and Mr. P. Elliot Ellis
Object number:
1980.108.2
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Department:
Painting and Sculpture
On View:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor, 26B
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7401b14ba-2c88-4b35-b592-6a58d76b466a
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1980.108.2

Scrapbook of Prints and Eight Silhouettes

Artist:
Unidentified  Search this
Sitter:
Portrait male  Search this
Portrait female  Search this
Medium:
paper and cloth
Dimensions:
6 1/4 x 4 1/8 x 1 in. (15.9 x 10.6 x 2.6 cm)
Type:
Graphic Arts-Book
Date:
1880s-1890s
Topic:
Landscape  Search this
Portrait male  Search this
Portrait female  Search this
Allegory\death  Search this
Allegory\religion\salvation  Search this
Architecture Interior\civic\hospital  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Museum of History and Technology
Object number:
1980.53.22
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
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Department:
Graphic Arts
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7a4728143-fdd5-41e5-b88f-1cd3d4518388
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1980.53.22

In Memory of Abraham Lincoln

Artist:
D. Wiest  Search this
Publisher:
William Smith, n.d.  Search this
Sitter:
Abraham Lincoln  Search this
Medium:
hand-colored lithograph
Type:
Graphic Arts-Print
Topic:
Indian  Search this
Animal\bird\eagle  Search this
Allegory\death  Search this
Allegory\civic\liberty  Search this
Religion\New Testament\Mary  Search this
Allegory\place\America  Search this
Dress\historic\armor  Search this
Portrait male\full length  Search this
Religion\angel  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase
Object number:
1980.87.2
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
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Department:
Graphic Arts
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GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk716c871fd-818e-4afd-b10f-5d996513a9e4
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1980.87.2

Flower of Death--The Bursting of a Heavy Shell--Not as It Looks, but as It Feels and Sounds and Smells

Artist:
Claggett Wilson, born Washington, DC 1887-died New York City 1952  Search this
Medium:
watercolor and pencil on paperboard
Dimensions:
image: 16 1/2 x 22 in. (41.9 x 55.9 cm)
Type:
Painting
Date:
ca. 1919
Topic:
Figure group\male  Search this
Occupation\military\soldier  Search this
Allegory\death  Search this
History\United States\World War I  Search this
Disaster\accident\explosion  Search this
Architecture Exterior\military\battlefield  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Alice H. Rossin
Object number:
1981.163.18
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GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7366c2a51-e415-4413-b8ba-0931d26b1ef8
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1981.163.18

Grandpa's Bed

Artist:
Michael Jacques, born Barre, VT 1945  Search this
Medium:
etching on paper
Dimensions:
15 x 18 in. (38.1 x 45.7 cm)
Type:
Graphic Arts-Print
Date:
ca. 1980
Topic:
Allegory\death  Search this
Object\furniture\bed  Search this
Object\other\linens  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Gallery 4
Object number:
1981.178.10
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GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7d46b3a67-b31b-4484-b4c8-439bd4dfbf59
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1981.178.10

Birth and Death IV, from the portfolio Murder in the Cathedral

Artist:
Frank Rampolla, born New York City 1931- died Tampa, FL 1971  Search this
Medium:
etching and aquatint on paper
Dimensions:
plate: 15 1/2 x 11 3/4 in. (39.4 x 29.8 cm)
Type:
Graphic Arts-Print
Date:
1966
Topic:
Figure female  Search this
Allegory\life\birth  Search this
Allegory\death  Search this
Literature\Eliot\Murder in the Cathedral  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Murray Lebwohl
Object number:
1984.110.5.4
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GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk78a39704c-b170-4787-b5b2-e60849265d2f
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1984.110.5.4

Death

Artist:
Claude Buck, born New York City 1890-died Santa Barbara, CA 1974  Search this
Medium:
watercolor, gouache,and pen and ink on paper
Dimensions:
sheet: 9 1/8 x 5 7/8 in. (23.2 x 14.9 cm)
Type:
Painting
Date:
1914
Topic:
Fantasy\monster  Search this
Figure female\full length  Search this
Allegory\death  Search this
Animal\bat  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution
Object number:
1985.9
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GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk72c4b0907-8bbc-4723-8e7f-dae17f09710f
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1985.9

Apocalypse '42

Artist:
Viktor Schreckengost, born Sebring, OH 1906-died Tallahassee, FL 2008  Search this
Sitter:
Adolf Hitler  Search this
Mussolini  Search this
Hirohito  Search this
Medium:
terracotta and glaze with engobe
Dimensions:
15 3/8 x 20 3/8 x 8 1/8 in. (39.1 x 51.8 x 20.6 cm.)
Type:
Decorative Arts-Ceramic
Crafts
Date:
1942
Topic:
Allegory\death  Search this
Religion\New Testament\Last Judgment  Search this
Allegory\civic\fascism  Search this
Portrait male\caricature  Search this
Portrait male\caricature  Search this
Portrait male\caricature  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist
Object number:
1985.92.1
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Department:
Renwick Gallery
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7603a81cc-7b91-48cd-9822-6f959e6e74e9
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1985.92.1

Die Jagd Nach Dem Gluck (Chasing After Happiness)

Artist:
Edmund Youngbauer, born Linz, Austria-Hungary 1869-died Jeanette, PA 1954  Search this
Medium:
oil on canvas mounted on fiberboard
Dimensions:
20 1/4 x 28 3/8 in. (51.4 x 72.0 cm.)
Type:
Painting
Folk Art
Date:
late 19th century
Topic:
Figure group  Search this
Architecture\bridge  Search this
Allegory\passion\joy  Search this
Allegory\death  Search this
Equestrian  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson
Object number:
1986.65.158
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GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk76f5e210d-2eea-4ae4-80cb-205fc1f5bcf5
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1986.65.158

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