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Margaret Walker, from the portfolio 'O, Write My Name': American Portraits, Harlem Heroes

Artist:
Carl Van Vechten, born Cedar Rapids, IA 1880-died New York City 1964  Search this
Printer:
Richard Benson, born Newport, RI 1943-died Providence, RI 2017  Search this
Sitter:
Margaret Walker  Search this
Medium:
photogravure
Dimensions:
image: 8 7/8 × 6 in. (22.5 × 15.2 cm)
Type:
Photography-Photomechanical Reproduction
Date:
1942, printed 1983
Topic:
African American  Search this
Occupation\writer\poet  Search this
Portrait female  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Endowment for the Arts
Copyright:
Photograph © Van Vechten Trust; Compilation/Publication © Eakins Press Foundation. From 'O, Write My Name': American Portraits, Harlem Heroes (Eakins, 2015)
Object number:
1983.63.165
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Department:
Graphic Arts
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7d2b02dde-0f29-4579-859d-8d7f727b7c5f
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1983.63.165

Edwin Markham, from the portfolio "Portraiture"

Artist:
Edwin Gledhill, born Toronto, Ontario, Canada 1888-died 1976  Search this
Sitter:
Charles Edwin Markham  Search this
Medium:
gelatin silver print
Type:
Photography-Photoprint
Date:
ca. 1975
Topic:
Occupation\writer\poet  Search this
Portrait male\bust  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Endowment for the Arts
Object number:
1983.63.616
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Graphic Arts
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk75b1b78b7-1484-40c0-a38c-c2838381b87b
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1983.63.616

Robert Louis Stevenson

Artist:
Augustus Saint-Gaudens, born Dublin, Ireland 1848-died Cornish, NH 1907  Search this
Sitter:
Robert Louis Stevenson  Search this
Medium:
bronze relief mounted on wood
Dimensions:
10 7/8 x 17 1/2 x 7/8 in. (27.7 x 44.5 x 2.2 cm)
Type:
Sculpture-Relief
Date:
modeled 1887, cast 1899
Topic:
Occupation\writer\poet  Search this
Occupation\writer\novelist  Search this
Portrait male\full length  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Olin Dows
Object number:
1983.90.201
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
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Department:
Painting and Sculpture
On View:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor, 17A
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/vk786d13d68-201a-4a59-bc82-4fd29f709a7f
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1983.90.201

Portrait of Kahlil Gibran

Artist:
Rose Cecil O'Neill, born Wilkes-Barre, PA 1874-died Springfield, MO 1944  Search this
Sitter:
Kahlil Gibran  Search this
Medium:
pencil and watercolor wash on paper mounted on paperboard
Dimensions:
mount: 23 7/8 x 18 1/4 in. (60.8 x 46.5 cm)
Type:
Drawing
Date:
1914
Topic:
Figure male\waist length  Search this
Occupation\writer\poet  Search this
Portrait male  Search this
Syrian  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Smithsonian Women's Committee in memory of Adelyn Dohme Breeskin
Object number:
1987.11
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
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Department:
Graphic Arts
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk72fc79ce4-beba-4b55-a09b-ee8e5e06177d
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1987.11

The Poet

Artist:
Mauricio Lasansky, born Buenos Aires, Argentina 1914-died Iowa City, IA 2012  Search this
Sitter:
unidentified  Search this
Medium:
color intaglio on paper
Dimensions:
plate: 15 5/8 x 16 in. (39.7 x 40.6 cm)
Type:
Graphic Arts-Print
Date:
ca. 1962
Topic:
Portrait male\head  Search this
Occupation\writer\poet  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Ruth and Jacob Kainen
Object number:
1988.15.30
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7a50c52c0-cfbe-45ce-aa99-01612f302231
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1988.15.30

Bust of Percy Bysshe Shelly

Artist:
William Ordway Partridge, born Paris, France 1861-died New York City 1930  Search this
Sitter:
Percy B. Shelley  Search this
Medium:
plaster
Dimensions:
23 1/4 x 13 x 10 1/2 in. (59.1 x 33.0 x 26.8 cm.)
Type:
Sculpture
Date:
n.d., copyrighted 1899
Topic:
Occupation\writer\poet  Search this
Portrait male\bust  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. William Ordway Partridge
Object number:
1994.73
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
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Department:
Painting and Sculpture
On View:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor, 20A
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/vk75baf2753-63af-41c8-950e-6b9590932abe
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1994.73

Roque Dalton

Artist:
Malaquias Montoya, born Albuquerque, NM 1938  Search this
Sitter:
Roque Dalton  Search this
Medium:
screenprint on paper
Dimensions:
image: 18 5/8 x 14 in. (47.3 x 35.6 cm) sheet: 23 1/8 x 17 1/2 in. (58.8 x 44.6 cm)
Type:
Graphic Arts-Print
Date:
1986
Topic:
Abstract  Search this
Occupation\writer\poet  Search this
Portrait male\bust  Search this
Salvadoran  Search this
Occupation\other\reformer  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Tomás Ybarra-Frausto
Copyright:
© 1986, Malaquias Montoya
Object number:
1995.50.37
Restrictions & Rights:
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GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7886aa9da-4016-4d54-b1a9-ef70683fe6b3
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1995.50.37

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, from Ballou's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion, December 25, 1858

Artist:
Winslow Homer, born Boston, MA 1836-died Prout's Neck, ME 1910  Search this
Sitter:
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow  Search this
Medium:
wood engraving on paper
Dimensions:
image: 8 x 6 in. (20.3 x 15.2 cm) sheet: 15 x 11 1/4 in. (38.1 x 28.6 cm)
Type:
Graphic Arts-Print
Date:
1858
Topic:
Occupation\writer\poet  Search this
Portrait male\waist length  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, The Ray Austrian Collection, gift of Beatrice L. Austrian, Caryl A. Austrian and James A. Austrian
Object number:
1996.63.154
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
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Graphic Arts
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk73423993a-4b26-4623-9b3b-b52df98a0f1b
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1996.63.154

Salvador Allende Memorial Poetry Reading Pablo Neruda

Artist:
Rupert García, born French Camp, CA 1941  Search this
Sitter:
Salvador Allende  Search this
Pablo Neruda  Search this
Medium:
offset lithograph
Dimensions:
sheet: 23 7/8 × 18 in. (60.6 × 45.7 cm) framed: 28 3/4 × 22 3/4 × 2 in. (73.2 × 57.9 × 5.1 cm)
Type:
Graphic Arts-Print
Date:
1973
Topic:
Occupation\political  Search this
Occupation\writer\poet  Search this
Chilean  Search this
Portrait male  Search this
Portrait male  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift from the Trustees of the Corcoran Gallery of Art (Museum Purchase, Gift of Richard Rodriguez)
Copyright:
© 1973, Rupert García
Object number:
2020.20.79
Restrictions & Rights:
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GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7de3b5a81-0d41-41fc-a479-5b34369c4b53
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_2020.20.79

Robert Burns

Artist:
John Crookshanks King, born Kilwinning, Scotland 1806-died Boston, MA 1882  Search this
Sitter:
Robert Burns  Search this
Medium:
plaster
Dimensions:
24 x 22 x 13 in. (61.0 x 55.9 x 33.0 cm)
Type:
Sculpture
Date:
modeled 1843
Topic:
Occupation\writer\poet  Search this
Portrait male\bust  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Institute
Object number:
XX53
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
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Department:
Painting and Sculpture
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7c6da6f36-cf2d-4b74-82fa-34872d862dc3
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_XX53

William Cullen Bryant [sculpture] / (photographed by Peter A. Juley & Son)

Artist:
Adams, Herbert 1858-1945  Search this
Subject:
Bryant, William Cullen  Search this
Type:
Photograph
Date:
1911
Topic:
Portrait male--Full length  Search this
Occupation--Writer--Poet  Search this
Occupation--Writer--Journalist  Search this
Occupation--Political  Search this
Image number:
JUL J0105942
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Data Source:
Photograph Study Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_jul_105943

William Cullen Bryant [sculpture] / (photographed by Peter A. Juley & Son)

Artist:
Adams, Herbert 1858-1945  Search this
Subject:
Bryant, William Cullen  Search this
Type:
Photograph
Date:
1911
Topic:
Portrait male--Full length  Search this
Occupation--Writer--Poet  Search this
Occupation--Writer--Journalist  Search this
Occupation--Political  Search this
Image number:
JUL J0105949
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Data Source:
Photograph Study Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_jul_105950

William Cullen Bryant [sculpture] / (photographed by Peter A. Juley & Son)

Artist:
Adams, Herbert 1858-1945  Search this
Subject:
Bryant, William Cullen  Search this
Type:
Photograph
Date:
1929
Topic:
Portrait male--Bust  Search this
Occupation--Writer--Poet  Search this
Occupation--Writer--Journalist  Search this
Occupation--Writer--Editor  Search this
Image number:
JUL J0105956
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Data Source:
Photograph Study Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_jul_105957

Model for Longfellow Memorial [sculpture] / (photographed by A. B. Bogart)

Artist:
French, Daniel Chester 1850-1931  Search this
Photographer:
Bogart, A. B.  Search this
Subject:
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth  Search this
Type:
Photograph
Topic:
Figure group  Search this
Portrait male--Bust  Search this
Occupation--Writer--Poet  Search this
Literature--Longfellow  Search this
Study--Model  Search this
Image number:
JUL J0108331
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Data Source:
Photograph Study Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_jul_108332

Model for Henry Wadsworth Longfellow [sculpture] / (photographed by Peter A. Juley & Son)

Title:
Model for Longfellow Memorial [sculpture] / (photographed by Peter A. Juley & Son)
Artist:
French, Daniel Chester 1850-1931  Search this
Subject:
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth  Search this
Type:
Photograph
Topic:
Portrait male--Bust  Search this
Occupation--Writer--Poet  Search this
Study--Model  Search this
Image number:
JUL J0108332
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Data Source:
Photograph Study Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_jul_108333

Walt Whitman [sculpture] / (photographed by Peter A. Juley & Son)

Artist:
Flanagan, John 1865-1952  Search this
Subject:
Whitman, Walt  Search this
Type:
Photograph
Date:
1916-1919
Topic:
Portrait male--Bust  Search this
Occupation--Writer--Poet  Search this
Image number:
JUL J0114475
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Data Source:
Photograph Study Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_jul_114476

Death of a Poet II [graphic arts] / (photographed by Peter A. Juley & Son)

Artist:
Frasconi, Antonio 1919-2013  Search this
Subject:
Lorca, Frederico Garcia  Search this
Type:
Photograph
Date:
1962
Topic:
State of Being--Death  Search this
Occupation--Writer--Poet  Search this
Portrait male--Waist length  Search this
Image number:
JUL J0121172
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Data Source:
Photograph Study Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_jul_121173

Portrait of Lorca II [graphic arts] / (photographed by Peter A. Juley & Son)

Artist:
Frasconi, Antonio 1919-2013  Search this
Subject:
Lorca, Federico Garcia  Search this
Type:
Photograph
Date:
1962
Topic:
Portrait male--Head  Search this
Occupation--Writer--Poet  Search this
Image number:
JUL J0121176
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Data Source:
Photograph Study Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_jul_121177

Oda a Lorca: Franco III [graphic arts] / (photographed by Peter A. Juley & Son)

Title:
Franco III [graphic arts] / (photographed by Peter A. Juley & Son)
Artist:
Frasconi, Antonio 1919-2013  Search this
Type:
Photograph
Date:
1962
Topic:
Homage--Lorca, Federico Garcia  Search this
Occupation--Writer--Poet  Search this
Architecture exterior  Search this
Image number:
JUL J0121180
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Data Source:
Photograph Study Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_jul_121181

Oda a Lorca: Franco II [graphic arts] / (photographed by Peter A. Juley & Son)

Title:
Franco II [graphic arts] / (photographed by Peter A. Juley & Son)
Artist:
Frasconi, Antonio 1919-2013  Search this
Type:
Photograph
Date:
1962
Topic:
Homage--Lorca, Federico Garcia  Search this
Occupation--Writer--Poet  Search this
Architecture exterior  Search this
Image number:
JUL J0121183
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Photograph Study Collection
Data Source:
Photograph Study Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_jul_121184

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