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Memory Vessel with Encased Photograph

Artist:
Unidentified (American)  Search this
Medium:
mixed media on ceramic
Dimensions:
10 1/4 x 7 1/4 in. (26.0 x 18.4 cm) diam.
Type:
Decorative Arts-Ceramic
Folk Art
Date:
after 1933
Topic:
Figure group  Search this
Allegory\other\memory  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:
1986.65.308
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
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Department:
Decorative Arts
On View:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor, 26A
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/vk700fc6a43-4994-4791-a5d0-8d3bcf744cad
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1986.65.308

Memory Vessel with Commemorative Objects

Artist:
Unidentified (American)  Search this
Medium:
mixed media on ceramic
Dimensions:
9 1/2 x 9 3/8 in. (24.1 x 23.8 cm. ) irregular
Type:
Decorative Arts-Ceramic
Folk Art
Date:
after 1928
Topic:
Allegory\other\memory  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:
1986.65.309
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
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Department:
Decorative Arts
On View:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor, 26A
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/vk7e1e7d9a2-6cdb-430f-8c87-8355949e60f3
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1986.65.309

Sustaining Traditions-Digital Memories

Artist:
Kelly Church, born Allegan, MI 1967  Search this
Medium:
black ash, sweetgrass, rit, copper, vial EAB, flashdrive
Dimensions:
9 1/2 × 4 1/2 in. (24.1 × 11.4 cm)
Type:
Media Arts
Crafts
Date:
2018
Topic:
Allegory\other\memory  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Decorative Arts and Crafts Endowment
Copyright:
© 2018, Kelly Church
Object number:
2020.49A-B
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Department:
Renwick Gallery
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk703aa3171-4f23-4eb4-86da-036f707c5885
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_2020.49A-B

Untitled (Memory Jug)

Artist:
Unidentified  Search this
Medium:
clay and found objects
Dimensions:
9 1/2 × 9 1/2 × 10 1/4 in. (24.1 × 24.1 × 26.0 cm)
Type:
Sculpture
Folk Art
Date:
ca. 1890-1920
Topic:
Allegory\other\memory  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, The Margaret Z. Robson Collection, Gift of John E. and Douglas O. Robson
Object number:
2016.38.80
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
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Department:
Painting and Sculpture
On View:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor, 26A
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/vk74c3dbd96-6adf-4b58-aca5-01eb99f734b4
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_2016.38.80

A Memory

Artist:
Alice Pike Barney, born Cincinnati, OH 1857-died Los Angeles, CA 1931  Search this
Medium:
pastel on paper
Dimensions:
19 5/8 x 13 5/8 in. (49.9 x 34.6 cm)
Type:
Drawing
Date:
n.d.
Topic:
Figure female\head  Search this
Allegory\other\memory  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Laura Dreyfus Barney and Natalie Clifford Barney in memory of their mother, Alice Pike Barney
Object number:
1951.14.65
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
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Department:
Graphic Arts
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7befdefb5-e71b-4016-b97c-3a875122fc6e
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1951.14.65

Memory

Artist:
Anthony de Francisci, born Palermo, Italy 1887-died New York City 1964  Search this
Medium:
cast plaster mounted on plastic
Dimensions:
25 1/4 x 13 x 11 7/8 in. (64.0 x 33.1 x 30.2 cm.)
Type:
Sculpture
Date:
n.d.
Topic:
Figure female\head  Search this
Allegory\other\memory  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Anthony de Francisci
Object number:
1966.51.2
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Usage conditions apply
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Department:
Painting and Sculpture
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk727ee6f39-02cf-4eed-9ad6-e66226b93fd2
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1966.51.2

Folded Wings--Memory--& the Moon Weeping

Artist:
Morris Graves, born Fox Valley, OR 1910-died Loleta, CA 2001  Search this
Medium:
ink wash and gouache on paper
Dimensions:
sheet: 29 3/8 x 23 3/4 in. (74.6 x 60.3 cm)
Type:
Drawing
Date:
ca. 1942-1943
Topic:
Landscape\celestial\moon  Search this
Animal\bird  Search this
State of being\emotion\sorrow  Search this
Allegory\other\memory  Search this
Animal\other\skeleton  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Michael and Caryl Marsh
Object number:
1969.78
Restrictions & Rights:
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Department:
Graphic Arts
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk70a34f9d2-5c4f-4a19-a999-58c445343b40
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1969.78

Memory

Artist:
Leo Friedlander, born New York City 1888-died White Plains, NY 1966  Search this
Medium:
plaster
Dimensions:
34 1/4 x 12 x 10 1/4 in. (87.0 x 30.6 x 25.9 cm.)
Type:
Sculpture
Date:
n.d.
Topic:
Figure female\full length  Search this
Allegory\other\memory  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Gordon D. Friedlander
Object number:
1971.147
Restrictions & Rights:
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Department:
Painting and Sculpture
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk76fbad6df-f1a0-4c89-b476-9f7cdb076c3b
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1971.147

Commemoration

Artist:
Michael Jacques, born Barre, VT 1945  Search this
Medium:
color intaglio
Dimensions:
plate: 17 3/4 x 23 1/2 in. (45.1 x 59.7 cm)
Type:
Graphic Arts-Print
Date:
n.d.
Topic:
Figure group\female  Search this
Dress\accessory\hat  Search this
Allegory\other\memory  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist
Object number:
1971.349
Restrictions & Rights:
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Department:
Graphic Arts
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk710233481-3c6a-466c-980a-b09731c480b2
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1971.349

Winter Memory

Artist:
Alan Crane, born New York City 1901-died 1969  Search this
Medium:
lithograph
Dimensions:
image: 13 3/4 x 9 3/4 in. (34.8 x 24.9 cm)
Type:
Graphic Arts-Print
Date:
1954
Topic:
Landscape\road  Search this
Landscape\bird's eye view  Search this
Landscape\season\winter  Search this
Landscape\weather\snow  Search this
Allegory\other\memory  Search this
Architecture\vehicle\sleigh  Search this
Architecture Exterior\domestic\house  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Carlota S. Crane
Object number:
1973.123.13
Restrictions & Rights:
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Department:
Graphic Arts
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk73a923783-39c9-4100-9007-1cb81bd18789
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1973.123.13

Memories

Artist:
Federico Castellon, born Almeria, Spain 1914-died New York City 1971  Search this
Medium:
lithograph
Dimensions:
image: 12 3/4 x 9 1/2 in. (32.4 x 24.0 cm)
Type:
Graphic Arts-Print
Date:
1941
Topic:
State of being\mood\meditation  Search this
Landscape\building  Search this
Figure group\bust  Search this
Allegory\other\memory  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase
Object number:
1973.45
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Department:
Graphic Arts
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk761603ec4-004d-492e-8222-b059d5f1a3ea
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1973.45

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) In Memoriam

Artist:
Elihu Vedder, born New York City 1836-died Rome, Italy 1923  Search this
Medium:
chalk, pencil, watercolor, and ink on paper
Dimensions:
sheet: 20 7/8 x 15 5/8 in. (52.9 x 39.8 cm)
Type:
Drawing
Date:
1883-1884
Topic:
Landscape\celestial\moon  Search this
Figure female\full length  Search this
Allegory\other\memory  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:
1978.108.53
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
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Department:
Graphic Arts
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7891cabda-9502-4ea2-9198-cf9140d4db84
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1978.108.53

"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."--George Santayana, The Life of Reason, 1905. From the series Great Ideas of Western Man.

Artist:
René Magritte, Belgian, born Lessines, Belgium 1898-died Brussels, Belgium 1967  Search this
Medium:
gouache and pencil on paper mounted on paperboard
Dimensions:
sheet: 13 3/8 x 9 1/2 in. (34.0 x 24.2 cm)
Type:
Painting
Date:
ca. 1962
Topic:
Landscape\rocks  Search this
Allegory\other\memory  Search this
Allegory\quality\prudence  Search this
Modern art movement\other\surreal  Search this
Object\furniture\chair  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Container Corporation of America
Object number:
1984.124.194
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Department:
Graphic Arts
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7ad017a0e-5af0-4c01-8a2c-97261bf590e1
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1984.124.194

Memory High-Buttoned Shoe

Artist:
Unidentified  Search this
Medium:
Masonite with composition dough embedded with metal, plastic, glass, and wood objects, gilded with gold paint
Dimensions:
15 3/8 x 12 3/8 x 2 3/8 in. (39.1 x 31.4 x 6.1 cm.)
Type:
Sculpture
Folk Art
Date:
early 20th century
Topic:
Dress\accessory\shoe  Search this
Allegory\other\memory  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:
1986.65.279
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
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Department:
Painting and Sculpture
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7e967b7fd-2795-4a18-a4f8-1f08d7193b71
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1986.65.279

Memory Bottle with Harmonica and Razor

Artist:
Unidentified  Search this
Medium:
glass bottle with composition dough embedded with metal, plastic, glass, and wood objects, gilded with bronze paint
Dimensions:
12 3/8 x 6 3/8 in. diam. (31.3 x 16.1 cm. diam.)
Type:
Sculpture
Folk Art
Date:
early 20th century
Topic:
Allegory\other\memory  Search this
Object\tool  Search this
Object\furniture\clock  Search this
Object\weapon\gun  Search this
Object\musical instrument\harmonica  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:
1986.65.306
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
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Department:
Painting and Sculpture
On View:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor, 26A
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/vk766a2ca9f-b81c-456c-aa6c-607d429794c9
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1986.65.306

Memory Decanter with Red Wax and Indian Head Penny

Artist:
Unidentified  Search this
Medium:
glass bottle and stopper with red wax embedded with metal, glass, shells, and coins
Dimensions:
overall: 11 x 4 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. (27.9 x 11.4 x 11.4 cm.) bottle: 7 11/16 x 4 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. (19.5 x 11.4 x 11.4 cm.) stopper: 3 11/16 x 3 1/4 x 3 1/4 in. (9.4 x 8.3 x 8.3 cm.)
Type:
Sculpture
Folk Art
Date:
after 1904
Topic:
Allegory\other\memory  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:
1986.65.307A-B
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
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Department:
Painting and Sculpture
On View:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor, 26A
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/vk7a8db4d45-62e0-4050-93bf-272942007f98
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1986.65.307A-B

Memory Jug with Finial

Artist:
Unidentified  Search this
Medium:
mixed media on ceramic
Dimensions:
11 3/4 x 7 1/2 x 7 1/4 in. (29.8 x 19.1 x 18.4 cm.)
Type:
Decorative Arts-Ceramic
Folk Art
Date:
20th century
Topic:
Allegory\other\memory  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:
1986.65.310
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
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Department:
Decorative Arts
On View:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor, 26A
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/vk75559f143-59ef-4f94-a8f7-9eee07e5bae4
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1986.65.310

The Memory of Touch

Artist:
Susan Stinsmuehlen-Amend, born Baltimore, MD 1948  Search this
Medium:
blown, cast, formed, engraved, and painted glass
Dimensions:
17 x 10 x 10 in. (43.2 x 25.4 x 25.4 cm)
Type:
Decorative Arts-Glass
Crafts
Date:
1994
Topic:
Figure\fragment\hand  Search this
Figure\full length  Search this
Figure\fragment\face  Search this
Allegory\other\memory  Search this
Recreation\sport and play\fencing  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the James Renwick Alliance on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Renwick Gallery
Object number:
1997.55A-B
Restrictions & Rights:
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Department:
Renwick Gallery
On View:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 4th Floor, 53A
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 4th Floor
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7b11485ab-b053-4557-be3c-d1364b61bda9
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1997.55A-B

Memories Etched in Stone, from the portfolio Drawn to Stone

Artist:
Cima Katz, born New York City 1949  Search this
Medium:
lithograph
Type:
Graphic Arts-Print
Topic:
Animal\dog  Search this
Figure male\bust  Search this
Allegory\other\memory  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of The University of Tennessee, Knoxville Print Workshop
Copyright:
© 1998, Cima Katz
Object number:
1998.156.10
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Department:
Graphic Arts
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk76f715bc3-e063-4848-b870-97b96cfb4f2e
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1998.156.10

Housed in Memory

Artist:
Susan M. Klebanoff, born Washington, DC 1955  Search this
Medium:
woven wool, cotton, acrylic, linen, synthetic fibers, metallic threads, procion dyes and acrylic paint
Dimensions:
105 3/8 x 71 1/8 in. (267.5 x 180.5 cm)
Type:
Decorative Arts-Fiber
Crafts
Date:
1985
Topic:
Abstract  Search this
Allegory\other\memory  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Laurence J. and Michele L. Hoffman
Object number:
2000.109
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Department:
Renwick Gallery
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7564a77bc-f81c-4a07-96da-3c1f0342068d
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_2000.109

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