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"For whatever deserves to exist deserves also to be known, for knowlege is the image of existence and things mean and splendid exist alike."--Francis Bacon, 1620. From the series Great Ideas of Western Man.

Artist:
Abram Games, English, born London, England 1914-died London, England 1996  Search this
Medium:
acrylic on paperboard
Dimensions:
sheet: 14 3/4 x 11 3/8 in. (37.4 x 28.9 cm)
Type:
Painting
Date:
1955
Topic:
Landscape\tree  Search this
Figure\head  Search this
State of being\phenomenon\surreal  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Container Corporation of America
Object number:
1984.124.97
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edanmdm:saam_1984.124.97

"Though all the winds of doctrine were let loose to play upon the earth, so truth be in the field, we do ingloriously...to misdoubt her strength. Let her and falsehood grapple; who ever knew truth put to the worse in a free and open encounter?" --John Milton, Areopagitica, 1644. From the series Great Ideas of Western Man.

Artist:
RenĂ© Magritte, Belgian, born Lessines, Belgium 1898-died Brussels, Belgium 1967  Search this
Medium:
gouache on paper mounted on paperboard
Dimensions:
sheet: 9 1/4 x 7 1/2 in. (23.4 x 19.0 cm)
Type:
Painting
Date:
ca. 1958
Topic:
Figure male\waist length  Search this
Disaster\shipwreck  Search this
Disaster\storm  Search this
State of being\phenomenon\surreal  Search this
Allegory\quality\truth  Search this
Object\foodstuff\beverage  Search this
Object\foodstuff\bread  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Container Corporation of America
Object number:
1984.124.195
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GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7b10dfa70-de86-46e8-abf8-0e5767759cd0
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edanmdm:saam_1984.124.195

(Surrealist Landscape)

Artist:
Jan Matulka, born Vlachovo Brezi, Bohemia 1890-died New York City 1972  Search this
Medium:
watercolor, ink and pencil on paper
Dimensions:
sheet: 20 1/8 x 22 3/4 in. (51.2 x 57.8 cm)
Type:
Painting
Date:
ca. 1935
Topic:
Landscape\imaginary  Search this
State of being\phenomenon\surreal  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase
Object number:
1979.87
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http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7190f2cf6-73e7-409f-8ac8-894a15cada4c
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1979.87

(The Wayward Muse, portfolio) Proserpine, Once Again the Hills and Vales Throb with Savage Glee

Artist:
Isami Doi, born Ewa, HI 1903-died Kalaheo, HI 1965  Search this
Medium:
wood engraving on paper
Dimensions:
image: 1 1/2 x 4 in. (4.0 x 10.2 cm)
Type:
Graphic Arts-Print
Date:
1952
Topic:
State of being\phenomenon\surreal  Search this
Religion\Satan  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Baum in memory of Edith Gregor Halpert
Object number:
1971.319.10
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edanmdm:saam_1971.319.10

A Potato Harvest

Artist:
W. H. Martin, born 1865-died 1940  Search this
Medium:
gelatin silver print
Dimensions:
3 3/8 x 5 3/8 in.
Type:
Photography-Photoprint
Date:
1909
Topic:
Figure group\male  Search this
Animal\mule  Search this
Occupation\farm\harvesting  Search this
Architecture\vehicle\wagon  Search this
State of being\phenomenon\surreal  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Charles Isaacs and Carol Nigro
Object number:
2002.79.1
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
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edanmdm:saam_2002.79.1

Abraham Walkowitz [painting] / (photographed by Peter A. Juley & Son)

Artist:
Perper, Mark  Search this
Type:
Photograph
Date:
1943
Topic:
Homage--Walkowitz, Abraham  Search this
Figure--Fragment--Face  Search this
Figure  Search this
State of Being--Phenomenon--Surreal  Search this
Landscape--Imaginary  Search this
Image number:
JUL J0010764
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Data Source:
Photograph Study Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum
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edanmdm:siris_jul_10764

African Fantasy, from the series Fantasies

Artist:
Lamar Baker, born Atlanta, GA 1908-died Talbotton, GA 1994  Search this
Medium:
lithograph on paper
Dimensions:
16 1/4 x 11 1/2 in. (41.3 x 29.2 cm)
Type:
Graphic Arts-Print
Date:
1936
Topic:
Figure female\nude  Search this
Figure female\full length  Search this
African  Search this
State of being\phenomenon\surreal  Search this
Dress\accessory\shoe  Search this
Dress\costume\mask  Search this
Allegory\civic\injustice  Search this
Dress\ceremonial\formal dress  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift by exchange from The Columbus Museum, Georgia
Object number:
1998.115.2
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http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7c07b5379-92ca-40d7-84a1-de73563dc2ac
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1998.115.2

Aftermath

Artist:
Phil Bard, born New York City 1912-died New York City 1966  Search this
Medium:
lithograph
Dimensions:
11 3/4 x 16 3/4 in. (29.8 x 42.5 cm)
Type:
Graphic Arts-Print
Date:
1938
Topic:
Figure group\male  Search this
State of being\phenomenon\surreal  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from D.C. Public Library
Object number:
1967.72.11
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GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk79dd51f4b-ad68-493a-b5f5-e4f75e57c3da
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edanmdm:saam_1967.72.11

Allegory

Artist:
Eugenie Keefer Bell, born San Diego, CA 1951  Search this
Medium:
fabricated and anodized sterling silver and titanium
Dimensions:
2 3/4 x 5 1/4 x 1/2 in. (7.0 x 13.2 x 1.4 cm)
Type:
Decorative Arts
Crafts
Date:
1979
Topic:
Allegory  Search this
Landscape\weather\cloud  Search this
Architecture\detail\stairs  Search this
State of being\phenomenon\surreal  Search this
Architecture\detail\arcade  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Richard T. Evans Fund
Copyright:
© 1979, Eugenie Keefer Bell
Object number:
2000.2
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Department:
Renwick Gallery
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7c7962200-039c-40b2-a51c-9f824036c3f7
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_2000.2

Angels of Light and Darkness

Artist:
Robert Green, born Pittsburgh, PA 1909-died Lawrence, KS 2007  Search this
Medium:
egg, oil, and casein on gesso ground on canvas
Dimensions:
33 7/8 x 28 1/4 in. (86.2 x 71.8 cm)
Type:
Painting
Date:
1950
Topic:
Animal\dog  Search this
Fantasy\winged being  Search this
State of being\phenomenon\surreal  Search this
Recreation\sport and play\games  Search this
Figure\fragment\skeleton  Search this
Object\musical instrument\guitar  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist
Object number:
1995.19.8
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Department:
Painting and Sculpture
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7e31c40c7-97b3-4ddd-bdea-e4d38654bb7a
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edanmdm:saam_1995.19.8

Another Way to Leave a Room

Artist:
Merry Moor Winnett, born Newport News, VA 1951-died 1994  Search this
Medium:
gelatin silver print
Dimensions:
20 x 15 in.
Type:
Photography-Photoprint
Date:
1982
Topic:
Figure female\nude  Search this
State of being\phenomenon\surreal  Search this
Architecture Interior\detail\window  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Thomas E. Winnett
Copyright:
© 1982, Merry Moor WInnett
Object number:
2002.81.2
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edanmdm:saam_2002.81.2

Anybody's Journey

Artist:
Robin Kranitzky, born Richmond, VA 1956  Search this
Kim Overstreet, born Christiansburg, VA 1955  Search this
Medium:
constructed, cut, carved, and glued balsa wood, silver, Micarta, copper, acrylic, polymer clay, glass beads, postcard fragments, and found objects
Dimensions:
3 1/4 x 3 1/4 x 7/8 in. (8.3 x 8.3 x 2.3 cm.)
Type:
Decorative Arts-Jewelry
Crafts
Date:
1990
Topic:
Architecture\vehicle\automobile  Search this
Animal\bird  Search this
Figure female\head  Search this
Landscape\imaginary  Search this
Travel\land\automobile  Search this
State of being\phenomenon\surreal  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Helen Williams Drutt English in honor of the birth of Allen Hubbard Hurdle, November 1, 1991, son of Robin Kranitzky and Allen Hurdle
Object number:
1991.198
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Department:
Renwick Gallery
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GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7eaab4509-a01a-4fbe-80d5-b6c4c069b64a
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1991.198

Arbre et deux personnages [painting] / (photographed by Walter Rosenblum)

Artist:
Ernst, Max 1891-1976  Search this
Photographer:
Rosenblum, Walter 1919-2006  Search this
Type:
Photograph
Date:
1941
Topic:
New Gallery  Search this
Landscape--Tree  Search this
Figure group  Search this
State of Being--Phenomenon--Surreal  Search this
Image number:
ROS R0004287
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Photograph Study Collection
Data Source:
Photograph Study Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum
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edanmdm:siris_jul_133733

Atomic Leda [painting] / (photographed by Peter A. Juley & Son)

Artist:
Dali, Salvador 1904-1989  Search this
Type:
Photograph
Date:
1949
Topic:
State of Being--Phenomenon--Surreal  Search this
Mythology--Classical--Leda  Search this
Fantasy--Animal--Swan  Search this
Landscape--Imaginary  Search this
Image number:
JUL J0064912
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Photograph Study Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum
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edanmdm:siris_jul_64913

Autumnal Cannibalism [painting] / (photographed by Peter A. Juley & Son)

Title:
Autumn Cannibalism [painting] / (photographed by Peter A. Juley & Son)
Artist:
Dali, Salvador 1904-1989  Search this
Type:
Photograph
Date:
1936-1937
Topic:
State of Being--Phenomenon--Surreal  Search this
Figure group  Search this
Landscape--Town  Search this
Object--Other--Flatware  Search this
Object--Foodstuff  Search this
Image number:
JUL J0064894
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Photograph Study Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_jul_64895

Banshee Pearls

Artist:
Kiki Smith, born Nuremberg, Germany 1954  Search this
Publisher:
Universal Limited Art Editions  Search this
Medium:
twelve lithographs with aluminum leaf additions on handmade Japanese paper
Dimensions:
23 x 30 1/2 in. (58.5 x 77.5 cm) each
Type:
Graphic Arts-Print
Date:
1991
Topic:
Figure\fragment\hand  Search this
Children  Search this
Figure female\fragment\face  Search this
State of being\phenomenon\surreal  Search this
Emblem\star  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Lichtenberg Family Foundation
Copyright:
© 1991, Kiki Smith and ULAE
Object number:
2004.6A-L
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http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk74778524d-c2f5-4b54-a9a4-62c67bc765af
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_2004.6A-L

Bringing in the Sheaves: A common scene on an Iowa Farm

Artist:
W. H. Martin, born 1865-died 1940  Search this
Medium:
gelatin silver print
Dimensions:
3 3/8 x 5 3/8 in.
Type:
Photography-Photoprint
Date:
1908
Topic:
Figure group  Search this
State of being\phenomenon\surreal  Search this
Landscape\Iowa  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Charles Isaacs and Carol Nigro
Object number:
2002.79.3
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
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http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7a28ee7de-9af7-4b57-9201-0e1adac3984a
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edanmdm:saam_2002.79.3

Cactus Man [drawing] / (photographed by Walter Rosenblum)

Artist:
Redon, Odilon 1840-1916  Search this
Photographer:
Rosenblum, Walter 1919-2006  Search this
Type:
Photograph
Date:
1881
Topic:
Contemporaries (New York, NY)  Search this
State of Being--Phenomenon--Surreal  Search this
Figure male--Head  Search this
Image number:
ROS R0002206
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Photograph Study Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum
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edanmdm:siris_jul_131658

Cafeteria Still Life

Artist:
Fred Becker, born Oakland, CA 1913-died Amherst, MA 2004  Search this
Medium:
engraving
Dimensions:
10 x 8 in. (25.4 x 20.3 cm)
Type:
Graphic Arts-Print
Date:
1939
Topic:
Figure group  Search this
Still life\other\vase  Search this
Still life\flower  Search this
Still life\furniture\table  Search this
Still life\vegetable\mushroom  Search this
State of being\phenomenon\surreal  Search this
Still life\other\dish  Search this
Still life\other\container  Search this
Fantasy\animal\squid  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from D.C. Public Library
Object number:
1967.72.17
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GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk70ce8aaf2-3dbd-46f3-abe7-fb0eea77307d
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1967.72.17

Carving one of our WATERMELONS

Artist:
W. H. Martin, born 1865-died 1940  Search this
Medium:
gelatin silver print
Dimensions:
3 3/8 x 5 3/8 in.
Type:
Photography-Photoprint
Date:
1909
Topic:
Figure group\male  Search this
Occupation\farm  Search this
Fantasy  Search this
African American  Search this
Architecture\vehicle\wagon  Search this
State of being\phenomenon\surreal  Search this
Object\fruit\watermelon  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Charles Isaacs and Carol Nigro
Object number:
2002.79.13
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
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Graphic Arts
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GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7db02614a-f145-4fbb-800a-decf8eff2f60
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_2002.79.13

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