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"There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it."--Edith Wharton, "Vesalius in Zante," 1902. From the series Great Ideas of Western Man.

Artist:
Ellen Lanyon, born Chicago, IL 1926-died New York City 2013  Search this
Medium:
acrylic on canvas
Dimensions:
38 1/2 x 48 1/8 in. (97.8 x 122.2 cm)
Type:
Painting
Date:
1975
Topic:
Figure\fragment\hand  Search this
Animal\insect\moth  Search this
Dress\accessory\handkerchief  Search this
Object\flower\rose  Search this
Object\furniture\mirror  Search this
Object\other\candlestick  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Container Corporation of America
Object number:
1984.124.169
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http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7e5cd71f4-7d2b-4441-beab-8e5d02d81496
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edanmdm:saam_1984.124.169

June Night

Artist:
Grace M. Ballentine, born Newburgh, NY 1881-died Parkville, MD 1978  Search this
Medium:
gelatin silver print
Dimensions:
sight 14 1/4 x 12 1/8 in. (36.2 x 30.8 cm.)
Type:
Photography-Photoprint
Date:
ca. 1951
Topic:
Still life\flower  Search this
Allegory\season\summer  Search this
Allegory\time\night  Search this
Object\other\candlestick  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Dr. Robert M. Ballentine
Copyright:
© 1951, Grace M. Ballentine
Object number:
1985.40.11
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edanmdm:saam_1985.40.11

The Nightingale's Song

Artist:
Joseph Cornell, born Nyack, NY 1903-died New York City 1972  Search this
Medium:
mixed media: paper, pencil, paint, mirror, post card...
Dimensions:
10 x 8 in. (25.5 x 20.3 cm.)
Type:
Collage
Date:
ca. 1960s
Topic:
Architecture\detail\fireplace  Search this
Architecture\vehicle\train  Search this
Modern art movement\collage  Search this
Object\furniture\clock  Search this
Object\other\candlestick  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of The Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation
Object number:
1985.64.99
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edanmdm:saam_1985.64.99

Masonic Regalia Box

Artist:
Unidentified  Search this
Medium:
painted wood and iron
Dimensions:
10 x 20 1/4 x 10 1/2 in. (25.4 x 51.4 x 26.6 cm)
Type:
Decorative Arts
Folk Art
Date:
ca. 1780
Topic:
Object\other\candlestick  Search this
Object\other\container  Search this
Emblem\Masonic  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:
1986.65.83
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CC0
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Department:
Decorative Arts
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edanmdm:saam_1986.65.83

Untitled (reclining nude reading by candlelight)

Artist:
Joseph Cornell, born Nyack, NY 1903-died New York City 1972  Search this
Medium:
collage
Dimensions:
9 x 7 in. (22.9 x 17.8 cm)
Type:
Collage
Date:
n.d.
Topic:
Figure female\nude  Search this
Recreation\leisure\reading  Search this
Figure female\waist length  Search this
Object\written matter\book  Search this
Object\other\candlestick  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of The Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation
Object number:
1991.155.136
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edanmdm:saam_1991.155.136

Untitled (candelabra with nude torso of woman)

Artist:
Joseph Cornell, born Nyack, NY 1903-died New York City 1972  Search this
Medium:
collage
Dimensions:
9 x 7 in. (22.9 x 17.8 cm)
Type:
Collage
Date:
n.d.
Topic:
Figure female\nude  Search this
Object\other\candlestick  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of The Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation
Object number:
1991.155.260
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edanmdm:saam_1991.155.260

Sunday Morning

Artist:
Helen Hyde, born Lima, NY 1868-died Pasadena, CA 1919  Search this
Medium:
color woodcut on paper
Dimensions:
image: 10 5/8 x 16 5/8 in. (27.1 x 42.3 cm)
Type:
Graphic Arts-Print
Date:
1912
Topic:
Mexican  Search this
Figure group\female and child  Search this
Landscape\time\morning  Search this
Religion\Christianity  Search this
Landscape\Mexico\San Angel  Search this
Object\other\candlestick  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Hyde Gillette in memory of Mabel Hyde Gillette and Edwin Fraser Gillette
Object number:
1992.13.79
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CC0
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http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7f68b0009-36c2-4d1a-92ae-cf4fdaa7b18f
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edanmdm:saam_1992.13.79

Woman Cutting Her Nails

Artist:
Philip Reisman, born Warsaw, Russia 1904-died New York City 1992  Search this
Medium:
etching on paper
Dimensions:
image: 5 x 6 7/8 in. (12.7 x 17.5 cm)
Type:
Graphic Arts-Print
Date:
1928
Topic:
Figure group\female and child  Search this
Architecture\domestic\kitchen  Search this
Recreation\leisure\home life  Search this
Object\furniture\chair  Search this
Object\furniture\stove  Search this
Object\furniture\table  Search this
Object\other\candlestick  Search this
Recreation\leisure\grooming  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Philip Reisman
Object number:
1993.4.8
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GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk760e4a2f4-64dd-4b57-9317-d1793c8581bf
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edanmdm:saam_1993.4.8

Handle and Tow, from the portfolio Fragments of Hope

Artist:
T. L. Solien, born Fargo, ND 1949  Search this
Printer:
Michael Reid  Search this
Steven Andersen  Search this
Publisher:
Vermillion Editions Limited  Search this
Medium:
drypoint on paper
Dimensions:
13 3/4 x 17 1/4 in. (34.9 x 43.8 cm)
Type:
Graphic Arts-Print
Date:
1982
Topic:
Travel\land\cart  Search this
Object\other\candlestick  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Glen D. Nelson, M.D.
Copyright:
© 1982, Vermillion Editions Limited, Inc. and T. L. Solien; Minneapolis, MN
Object number:
1998.57.20.5
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edanmdm:saam_1998.57.20.5

Memoir Den, from the portfolio Fragments of Hope

Artist:
T. L. Solien, born Fargo, ND 1949  Search this
Printer:
Michael Reid  Search this
Steven Andersen  Search this
Publisher:
Vermillion Editions Limited  Search this
Medium:
drypoint on paper
Dimensions:
13 1/2 x 17 in. (34.3 x 43.2 cm)
Type:
Graphic Arts-Print
Date:
1982
Topic:
Figure\head  Search this
State of being\emotion\sorrow  Search this
Object\furniture\stove  Search this
Object\other\candlestick  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Glen D. Nelson, M.D.
Copyright:
© 1982, Vermillion Editions Limited, Inc. and T. L. Solien; Minneapolis, MN
Object number:
1998.57.20.6
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http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk74562e67d-07c2-435d-bf24-6b7a94c23adf
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edanmdm:saam_1998.57.20.6

Charlatans: The Youngbloods and the Other Half

Artist:
Robert Fried, born New York City 1937-died San Mateo, CA 1975  Search this
Medium:
color lithograph
Dimensions:
22 x 14 in. (55.9 x 35.6 cm)
Type:
Graphic Arts-Print
Date:
1967
Topic:
Figure male\waist length  Search this
Object\weapon\gun  Search this
Object\other\candlestick  Search this
Object\written matter\poster  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Leslie, Judy and Gabri Schreyer, and Alice Schreyer Batko
Object number:
2000.75.1
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edanmdm:saam_2000.75.1

Battle of the Mind

Artist:
William R. Miller, born Louisville, KY 1962  Search this
Medium:
colored pencil and gouache on paper
Dimensions:
image and sheet: 11 3/4 x 9 in. (29.8 x 22.9 cm)
Type:
Drawing
Date:
2001
Topic:
Figure  Search this
Fantasy  Search this
Landscape\desert  Search this
Landscape\celestial\sun  Search this
State of being\evil\temptation  Search this
Landscape\plant\cactus  Search this
Architecture\vehicle\spacecraft  Search this
Object\art object\totem pole  Search this
Emblem\cross  Search this
Object\other\candlestick  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist
Object number:
2001.65.3
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Graphic Arts
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GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7542e7acd-bc9c-4af6-bd55-85a3242f9fb1
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edanmdm:saam_2001.65.3

Dr. King

Artist:
William T. Wiley, born Bedford, IN 1937-died Greenbrae, CA 2021  Search this
Publisher:
Teaberry Press  Search this
Medium:
etching on paper
Dimensions:
sheet: 15 x 22 1/4 in. (38.1 x 56.5 cm) plate: 6 3/4 x 17 5/8 in. (17.1 x 44.8 cm)
Type:
Graphic Arts-Print
Date:
1986
Topic:
Figure male\fragment\face  Search this
History\United States\Civil Rights Movement  Search this
Object\written matter  Search this
Object\other\candlestick  Search this
History\United States\Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist
Copyright:
© 1986, William T. Wiley
Object number:
2003.68.33
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GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7a70a3bfb-48d6-4de2-9471-b55c0f9b1245
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_2003.68.33

C. D. O. D., from the book Suite of Daze

Artist:
William T. Wiley, born Bedford, IN 1937-died Greenbrae, CA 2021  Search this
Printer:
Timothy F. Berry, born Akron, OH 1948  Search this
Publisher:
Landfall Press, Inc.  Search this
Medium:
etching on paper
Dimensions:
sheet: 16 x 19 3/4 in. (40.6 x 50.2 cm) image: 10 1/4 x 10 1/4 in. (26.0 x 26.0 cm)
Type:
Graphic Arts-Print
Date:
1976
Topic:
Figure\fragment\skull  Search this
Animal\reptile\snake  Search this
Object\other\candlestick  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist
Copyright:
© 1976, William T. Wiley
Object number:
2003.68.44
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_2003.68.44

El altar de mi bisabuelo/ My Great Grandfather's Altar, from the series Santos y sombras/ Saints and Shadows

Artist:
Muriel Hasbun, born San Salvador, El Salvador 1961  Search this
Medium:
gelatin silver print
Dimensions:
image: 17 5/8 x 13 3/4 in. (44.7 x 35 cm) sheet: 19 7/8 x 15 7/8 in. (50.5 x 40.3 cm)
Type:
Photography-Photoprint
Date:
1997
Topic:
Still life\art object\photograph  Search this
Object\written matter\book  Search this
Object\other\candlestick  Search this
Object\other\crucifix  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Moore
Copyright:
© 1997, Muriel Hasbun
Object number:
2005.3.5
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GUID:
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edanmdm:saam_2005.3.5

Candle in a Vortex of Water

Artist:
Caleb Charland, born Bangor, ME 1980  Search this
Medium:
gelatin silver print
Dimensions:
image: 22 7/8 x 18 3/8 in. (58.2 x 46.7 cm) sheet: 23 7/8 x 19 7/8 in. (60.7 x 50.5 cm)
Type:
Photography-Photoprint
Date:
2006
Topic:
Object\other\candlestick  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase made possible through Deaccession Funds
Copyright:
© 2006, Caleb Charland
Object number:
2010.9.2
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edanmdm:saam_2010.9.2

Candlestick

Artist:
Albert Paley, born Philadelphia, PA 1944  Search this
Medium:
steel
Dimensions:
92 3/4 × 14 in. (235.6 × 35.6 cm)
Type:
Sculpture
Crafts
Date:
1979
Topic:
Abstract  Search this
Object\other\candlestick  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of B.J. and Carol Cutler
Copyright:
© 1979, Albert Paley
Object number:
2014.63
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Department:
Renwick Gallery
Data Source:
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GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7b5045880-9f24-4127-b2d6-7aed445964cf
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_2014.63

Untitled (Skeleton)

Artist:
Gerald "Creative" DePrie, born Huntington, WV 1935-died Huntington, WV 1999  Search this
Medium:
colored pencil and crayon on paper
Dimensions:
36 × 24 in. (91.4 × 61.0 cm)
Type:
Graphic Arts
Folk Art
Date:
1992
Topic:
Figure\fragment\skeleton  Search this
Object\other\candlestick  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Orren and Marilyn Bradley and Kohler Foundation, Inc.
Object number:
2015.58.9
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GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk70c7c707a-44bf-4d38-8afa-9d8fea743629
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_2015.58.9

Father Nicholai, pastor of a modest Russian Orthodox church which was formerly an Orthodox synagogue in Butchers Hill

Artist:
Elinor Cahn, born Baltimore, MD 1925-died Baltimore, MD 2020  Search this
Sitter:
Portrait male  Search this
Medium:
gelatin silver print
Dimensions:
sheet: 14 × 11 in. (35.6 × 27.9 cm) image: 10 1/4 in. × 10 in. (26 × 25.4 cm)
Type:
Photography
Date:
1978
Topic:
Portrait male  Search this
Occupation\religion\clergy  Search this
Object\art object\painting  Search this
Architecture Interior\religious\church  Search this
Object\other\candlestick  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the East Baltimore Documentary Photography Project
Object number:
2020.68.17
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GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7cc4eb024-137e-4262-835a-66cb7121efc3
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_2020.68.17

Chanukah Menorah, (sculpture)

Sculptor:
Kagan, Rod 1940-  Search this
Medium:
Bronze
Culture:
Hebrew  Search this
Type:
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Wilshire Boulevard Temple Los Angeles California
Date:
1987
Topic:
Abstract  Search this
Object--Other--Candlestick  Search this
Ethnic  Search this
Control number:
IAS 78190039
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_369414

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