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Scenes of American Life

Artist:
Gertrude Goodrich, born New York City 1914-died NJ 2017  Search this
Medium:
dry pigment in beeswax emulsion on canvas
Type:
Painting
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the General Services Administration
Object number:
1970.35.8
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Scenes of American Life

Artist:
Gertrude Goodrich, born New York City 1914-died NJ 2017  Search this
Medium:
dry pigment in beeswax emulsion on canvas
Type:
Painting
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the General Services Administration
Object number:
1970.35.9
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Grid #25

Artist:
Thomas Downing, born Suffolk, VA 1928-died Provincetown, MA 1985  Search this
Medium:
synthetic polymer: acrylic on fabric: canvas
Dimensions:
106 1/4 x 338 5/8 in. (270 x 860 cm)
Type:
Painting
Date:
1970
Topic:
Abstract\geometric  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Vincent Melzac
Object number:
1970.352
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Untitled (Participatory Sculpture--T Shape)

Artist:
Alfredo Halegua, born Montevideo, Uruguay 1930  Search this
Medium:
kydex and styrofoam
Dimensions:
24 1/4 x 35 7/8 x 12 in. (61.4 x 91.1 x 30.6 cm.)
Type:
Sculpture
Date:
n.d.
Topic:
Abstract  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase
Object number:
1970.357.8
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Mother and Child (study)

Artist:
William Zorach, born Eurburg, Lithuania 1889-died Bath, ME 1966  Search this
Medium:
plaster
Dimensions:
16 1/8 x 8 5/8 x 8 3/4 in. (41.0 x 22.0 x 22.2 cm.)
Type:
Sculpture
Date:
1928
Topic:
Study  Search this
Figure group\family\mother and child  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift from the collection of Tessim Zorach
Object number:
1970.65.4
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Automobile Industry (mural, Detroit, Michigan Post Office)

Artist:
William Gropper, born New York City 1897-died Manhasset, NY 1977  Search this
Medium:
oil on canvas
Dimensions:
70 7/8 x 236 1/4 in. (180 x 600 cm)
Type:
Painting
Date:
1941
Topic:
Figure group  Search this
Architecture\vehicle\automobile  Search this
Occupation\industry\manufacturing  Search this
New Deal\Treasury Section of Painting and Sculpture\Michigan  Search this
Architecture Interior\industry\factory  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the Northwestern Post Office, Detroit, Michigan, through the General Services Administration
Object number:
1971.1.1
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Figure of a Young Woman

Artist:
Leo Friedlander, born New York City 1888-died White Plains, NY 1966  Search this
Medium:
plaster
Dimensions:
57 x 19 x 34 7/8 in. (144.8 x 48.3 x 88.7 cm.)
Type:
Sculpture
Date:
n.d.
Topic:
Figure female\nude  Search this
Figure female\full length  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Gordon D. Friedlander
Object number:
1971.146
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Untitled

Artist:
Solon H. Borglum, born Ogden, UT 1868-died Stamford, CT 1922  Search this
Medium:
oil on cardboard
Dimensions:
sheet: 10 1/4 x 17 in. (26 x 43.2 cm)
Type:
Painting
Date:
n.d.
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. A. Mervyn Davies
Object number:
1971.446.238
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
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Wisdom of Solomon

Artist:
William Zorach, born Eurburg, Lithuania 1889-died Bath, ME 1966  Search this
Medium:
cast plaster
Dimensions:
39 1/8 x 29 1/4 x 24 3/4 in. (99.5 x 74.3 x 62.8 cm.)
Type:
Sculpture
Date:
ca. 1963-1966
Topic:
Figure group  Search this
Figure female\nude  Search this
Religion\Old Testament\Solomon  Search this
Figure male\nude  Search this
Figure\child\nude  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Tessim Zorach and Dahlov Ipcar
Object number:
1971.449.1
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edanmdm:saam_1971.449.1

Franklin (half-scale model)

Artist:
William Zorach, born Eurburg, Lithuania 1889-died Bath, ME 1966  Search this
Sitter:
Benjamin Franklin  Search this
Medium:
cast plaster on plaster base
Dimensions:
49 3/8 x 20 1/4 x 15 1/2 in. (125.5 x 51.3 x 39.3 cm.)
Type:
Sculpture
Date:
1937
Topic:
Study  Search this
Occupation\political\statesman  Search this
Portrait male  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Tessim Zorach and Dahlov Ipcar
Object number:
1971.449.3A-B
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Romance of Monroe (mural, Monroe, Michigan Post Office)

Artist:
Ralf Henricksen, born Chicago, IL 1907-died East Lansing, MI 1975  Search this
Medium:
oil on canvas
Dimensions:
82 3/4 x 106 in. (210.2 x 269.2 cm)
Type:
Painting
Date:
1938
Topic:
New Deal\Treasury Section of Painting and Sculpture\Michigan  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the Post Office, Monroe, Michigan, through the General Services Administration
Object number:
1971.79
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(24 murals for D.C. Social Security and Retirement Building)

Artist:
Dorathy Farr, born St. Louis, MO 1910  Search this
Fred Farr, born St. Petersburg, FL 1914-died New York City 1973  Search this
Medium:
casein and oil on linoleum
Dimensions:
24 sections; various dimensions
Type:
Painting
Date:
1942
Topic:
New Deal\Treasury Section of Painting and Sculpture\Washington, D.C.  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
Object number:
1971.81.1-24
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Chemistry

Artist:
Henry Bernstein, born Detroit, MI 1912-died 1964  Search this
Medium:
tempera on canvas
Dimensions:
66 7/8 x 153 1/2 in. (170.0 x 390.0 cm)
Type:
Painting
Date:
1942
Topic:
Figure group  Search this
History\United States  Search this
Allegory\arts and sciences\chemistry  Search this
Occupation\science\chemist  Search this
New Deal\Treasury Section of Painting and Sculpture\Michigan  Search this
Architecture Interior\industry\factory  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the Old Post Office Building, Midland, Michigan, through the General Services Administration
Object number:
1972.131
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edanmdm:saam_1972.131

Reading of the Mail--Communication of Ideas (mural, Worcester, Massachusetts Parcel Post Building)

Artist:
Ralf Edgar Nickelsen, born Hamburg, Germany 1903-died Gloucester, MA 1990  Search this
Medium:
oil on canvas
Dimensions:
85 5/8 x 200 3/4 in. (217.5 x 510 cm)
Type:
Painting
Date:
1940
Topic:
Architecture\domestic  Search this
Figure group\female  Search this
Study\mural study  Search this
Allegory\arts and sciences\technology  Search this
Recreation\leisure\letter reading and writing  Search this
Architecture\detail\balcony  Search this
Cityscape\Massachusetts\Worcester  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the Parcel Post Office Building, Worcester, Massachusetts, through the General Services Administration
Object number:
1972.132.1
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edanmdm:saam_1972.132.1

Street Building--The Foundation of All Communication (mural, Worcester, Massachusetts Parcel Post Building)

Artist:
Ralf Edgar Nickelsen, born Hamburg, Germany 1903-died Gloucester, MA 1990  Search this
Medium:
oil on canvas
Dimensions:
97 x 204 in. (246.4 x 518.2 cm)
Type:
Painting
Date:
1940
Topic:
Figure group  Search this
Cityscape\street  Search this
Occupation\industry\construction  Search this
Study\mural study  Search this
Allegory\arts and sciences\technology  Search this
Architecture\machine\cement mixer  Search this
New Deal\Treasury Section of Painting and Sculpture  Search this
Cityscape\Massachusetts\Worcester  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the Parcel Post Office Building, Worcester, Massachusetts, through the General Services Administration
Object number:
1972.132.2
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edanmdm:saam_1972.132.2

Farming in the Worcester Region (mural, Worcester, Massachusetts Parcel Post Building)

Artist:
Ralf Edgar Nickelsen, born Hamburg, Germany 1903-died Gloucester, MA 1990  Search this
Medium:
oil on canvas
Dimensions:
95 1/2 x 378 in. (242.5 x 960.0 cm)
Type:
Painting
Date:
1940
Topic:
Figure group  Search this
Occupation\farm\harvesting  Search this
Landscape\farm  Search this
Study\mural study  Search this
Landscape\Massachusetts\Worcester  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the Parcel Post Office Building, Worcester, Massachusetts, through the General Services Administration
Object number:
1972.132.3
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edanmdm:saam_1972.132.3

Family Group (commissioned for Lisbon, North Dakota Post Office)

Artist:
James Lee Hansen, born Fresno, CA 1918  Search this
Medium:
terra cotta
Dimensions:
33 x 88 5/8 in. (83.8 x 225.0 cm.)
Type:
Sculpture
Date:
1942
Topic:
Figure group\family  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the Post Office, Lisbon, North Dakota, through the General Services Administration
Object number:
1972.133
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General Grant

Artist:
Unidentified  Search this
Sitter:
Ulysses S. Grant  Search this
Medium:
oil on canvas
Dimensions:
42 x 28 1/8 in. (106.8 x 71.5 cm)
Type:
Painting
Date:
19th century
Topic:
Occupation\political\president  Search this
Occupation\military\general  Search this
Portrait male  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution
Object number:
1972.151.2
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CC0
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edanmdm:saam_1972.151.2

Tenir

Artist:
Godefroid Devreese, Belgian, born Courtrai, Belgium 1861-died Brussels, Belgium 1941  Search this
Medium:
bronze
Dimensions:
2 3/4 in. (6.9 cm.) diam.
Type:
Sculpture
Date:
1923
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the heirs of Albert Laessle: Mrs. Albertine de Bempt Laessle, Mr. Albert M. Laessle and Mr. Paul Laessle
Object number:
1972.167.56
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Major General Zachary Taylor, obverse

Artist:
Unidentified  Search this
Sitter:
Zachary Taylor  Search this
Medium:
bronze
Dimensions:
2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm.) diam.
Type:
Sculpture
Date:
after 1847
Topic:
Occupation\military\major general  Search this
Portrait male  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the heirs of Albert Laessle: Mrs. Albertine de Bempt Laessle, Mr. Albert M. Laessle and Mr. Paul Laessle
Object number:
1972.167.59A
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edanmdm:saam_1972.167.59A

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