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!Sera toda nuestra!

Artist:
Carlos A. Cortéz, born Milwaukee, WI 1923-died Chicago, IL 2005  Search this
Medium:
color linoleum cut on paper
Dimensions:
image: 30 x 19 7/8 in. (76.2 x 50.5 cm) sheet: 35 1/8 x 22 1/2 in. (89.2 x 57.2 cm)
Type:
Graphic Arts-Print
Date:
1977
Topic:
Figure group  Search this
History\United States\labor history  Search this
Allegory\civic\rebellion  Search this
Object\written matter\poster  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Tomás Ybarra-Frausto
Copyright:
© 2020, Dora Katsikakis
Object number:
1995.50.10
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http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk783bf98d0-de76-4f10-8b5d-c538dea8bedc
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edanmdm:saam_1995.50.10

"... in Whom I Am Well Pleased"

Artist:
Prentiss Taylor, born Washington, DC 1907-died Washington, DC 1991  Search this
Type:
Graphic Arts-Print
Topic:
Ceremony\religion\baptism  Search this
Animal\bird\dove  Search this
Landscape\river\Jordan River  Search this
Religion\New Testament\Holy Spirit  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Irina A. Reed
Object number:
1974.44.30
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edanmdm:saam_1974.44.30

"...for I say at the core of democracy, finally, is the religious element. All the religions, old and new, are there."--Walt Whitman, Democratic Vistas, 1871. From the series Great Ideas of Western Man.

Artist:
Anton Refregier, born Moscow, Russia 1905-died Moscow, Russia 1979  Search this
Medium:
gouache on prepared fiberboard
Dimensions:
26 x 22 in. (66.1 x 56.0 cm)
Type:
Painting
Date:
1957
Topic:
Figure group  Search this
Allegory\religion  Search this
Literature\Bible  Search this
Allegory\civic\democracy  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Container Corporation of America
Object number:
1984.124.248
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Department:
Painting and Sculpture
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http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7406003a0-4c81-4283-87b6-01e32a24ed48
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edanmdm:saam_1984.124.248

"...for War Horses and Cannon Carriage to make them Invisible", study folder for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom

Artist:
Abbott Handerson Thayer, born Boston, MA 1849-died Dublin, NH 1921  Search this
Medium:
various media and collage on paperboard
Dimensions:
closed: approx. 12 x 9 in. (30.5 x 22.9 cm)
Type:
Other
Date:
n.d.
Topic:
Figure group\male  Search this
Study  Search this
Animal\horse  Search this
Landscape\Africa  Search this
Occupation\military\officer  Search this
Object\weapon\cannon  Search this
Object\written matter  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the heirs of Abbott Handerson Thayer
Object number:
1950.2.76
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CC0
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Department:
Graphic Arts
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GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk75e135402-e4e4-4bc4-9a66-cd52af0f2c2d
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edanmdm:saam_1950.2.76

"7"

Artist:
Will Brown, born 1937  Search this
Medium:
gelatin silver print
Dimensions:
image: 5 x 7 1/2 in. (12.7 x 19.1 cm) sheet: 8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)
Type:
Photography
Date:
1972
Topic:
Cityscape  Search this
Architecture Exterior\detail\window  Search this
Architecture Exterior\commercial\store  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment
Copyright:
© 1972, Will Brown
Object number:
2014.7.2
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http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7cb4f34ef-f0a7-4a93-a2c7-5d7387753676
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edanmdm:saam_2014.7.2

"A TOKEN OF LOVE" Puzzle Bottle

Artist:
Unidentified  Search this
Medium:
carved and painted holly with metal foil in glass bottle
Dimensions:
8 3/8 x 1 7/8 x 1 7/8 in. (21.2 x 4.8 x 4.8 cm.)
Type:
Sculpture
Folk Art
Date:
ca. early 20th century
Topic:
Figure\fragment\hand  Search this
Object\written matter\book  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:
1986.65.281
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CC0
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Department:
Painting and Sculpture
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk761c4a48e-0187-442f-975f-2751e988316c
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1986.65.281

"A free man is he that in those things which by his strength and wit he is able to do, is not hindered to do what he has a will to."--Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan, 1651. From the series Great Ideas of Western Man.

Artist:
Jan Stussy, born Benton County, MO 1921-West Los Angeles, CA 1990  Search this
Medium:
oil on canvas
Dimensions:
48 x 48 in. (122.0 x 122.0 cm.)
Type:
Painting
Date:
1965
Topic:
Figure male\nude  Search this
Object\other\writing tool  Search this
State of being\other\imprisonment  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Container Corporation of America
Object number:
1984.124.280
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GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk757397e50-f8da-4584-9300-e3a162f60bc5
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edanmdm:saam_1984.124.280

"A state which dwarfs its men in order that they may be more docile instruments in its hands, even for beneficial purposes, will find that with small men no great thing can really be accomplished."--John Stuart Mill on the folly of belittling men. From the series Great Ideas of Western Man.

Artist:
Richard Kozlow, born Detroit, MI 1926  Search this
Medium:
brush and ink, watercolor, gouache and pen and ink on paperboard
Dimensions:
sheet: 19 1/8 x 15 1/2 in. (48.5 x 39.4 cm)
Type:
Drawing
Date:
1956
Topic:
Figure male\head  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Container Corporation of America
Object number:
1984.124.163
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Department:
Graphic Arts
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GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk71abfda8c-d172-4b28-bc60-505929bfa8d8
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1984.124.163

"Act as if the whole election depended on your single vote, and as if the whole Parliament (and therein the whole nation) on that single person whom you now choose to be a member of it." John Wesley from A word to a Freeholder, 1748. From the series Great Ideas.

Artist:
Gerald McLaughlin, born Sacramento, CA 1925  Search this
Medium:
tempera and oil on fiberboard
Dimensions:
20 1/4 x 19 7/8 in. (51.4 x 50.5 cm)
Type:
Painting
Date:
1956
Topic:
Figure group  Search this
Figure\fragment\face  Search this
Allegory\civic\democracy  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Container Corporation of America
Object number:
1984.124.198
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GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk758d7287e-f628-4e6a-98cb-e893e0bc7933
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1984.124.198

"All in the Gay and Golden Weather," from Appletons' Journal of Literature, Science, and Art, June 12, 1869

Artist:
Winslow Homer, born Boston, MA 1836-died Prout's Neck, ME 1910  Search this
Medium:
wood engraving on paper
Dimensions:
image: 5 1/2 x 6 3/8 in. (14.0 x 16.2 cm) sheet: 11 1/8 x 8 in. (28.4 x 20.3 cm)
Type:
Graphic Arts-Print
Date:
1869
Topic:
Figure group  Search this
Recreation\courting  Search this
Landscape\marsh  Search this
Architecture\boat\rowboat  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:
1996.63.130
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1996.63.130

"All in the Gay and Golden Weather," from Appletons' Journal of Literature, Science, and Art, June 12, 1869

Artist:
Winslow Homer, born Boston, MA 1836-died Prout's Neck, ME 1910  Search this
Medium:
wood engraving on paper
Dimensions:
image: 5 1/2 x 6 3/8 in. (14.0 x 16.2 cm) sheet: 11 1/8 x 8 in. (28.1 x 20.2 cm)
Type:
Graphic Arts-Print
Date:
1869
Topic:
Figure group  Search this
Recreation\courting  Search this
Landscape\marsh  Search this
Architecture\boat\rowboat  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:
1996.63.131
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http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7284a9431-29de-40bd-8400-d3c35af907c1
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1996.63.131

"All religions must be tolerated, and the sole concern of authorities should be to see that one does not molest another, for here every man must be saved in his own way."--Frederick the Great, Cabinet Order, June 22, 1740. From the series Great Ideas of Western Man.

Artist:
Luise Kaish, born Atlanta, GA 1925-died New York City 2013  Search this
Medium:
bronze
Dimensions:
39 7/8 x 39 7/8 x 7 1/2 in. (101.4 x 101.4 x 18.9 cm)
Type:
Sculpture
Date:
1961
Topic:
Figure\head  Search this
Figure\fragment\arm  Search this
Figure male\full length  Search this
Figure\fragment\leg  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Container Corporation of America
Object number:
1984.124.133
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Department:
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GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7e7408f33-aec8-4b02-891b-70d1ada1fc2b
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1984.124.133

"Among democratic nations each new generation is a new people."--Alexis de Tocqueville. From the series Great Ideas of Western Man.

Artist:
W. Lee Savage, born Charleston, WV 1928  Search this
Medium:
oil and pencil on canvas
Dimensions:
60 x 60 in. (152.4 x 152.4 cm.)
Type:
Painting
Date:
1965
Topic:
Figure group  Search this
Fantasy  Search this
Allegory\civic\democracy  Search this
Object\furniture\table  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Container Corporation of America
Object number:
1984.124.257
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Department:
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GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7840d32b2-8cb8-49db-b4b9-57270b894eaa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1984.124.257

"Antique" Pendant

Artist:
Florence Koehler, born Jackson, MI 1861-died Rome, Italy 1944  Search this
Medium:
gold
Dimensions:
1 1/8 x 3/4 x 1/4 in. (2.7 x 1.9 x 0.6 cm.)
Type:
Decorative Arts-Jewelry
Crafts
Date:
ca. 1905-1935
Topic:
Figure\head  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mary Elizabeth Sharpe
Object number:
1981.105.5
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CC0
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Department:
Renwick Gallery
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk70c6c62fa-3d18-4087-8644-25196c405019
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1981.105.5

"Anything for me, if you please?"--Post-office of the Brooklyn Fair, from Harper's Weekly, March 5, 1864

Artist:
Winslow Homer, born Boston, MA 1836-died Prout's Neck, ME 1910  Search this
Medium:
wood engraving on paper
Dimensions:
image: 13 3/4 x 9 1/8 in. (34.8 x 23.2 cm)
Type:
Graphic Arts-Print
Date:
1864
Topic:
Figure group  Search this
Occupation\service\postman  Search this
Recreation\leisure\letter reading and writing  Search this
Architecture Interior\civic\post office  Search this
Literature\Harper's Weekly  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:
1996.63.57
Restrictions & Rights:
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GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7ed067406-5cbe-4444-894f-90242db0186a
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1996.63.57

"As a solid rock is not shaken by a strong gale, so wise persons remain unaffected by praise or censure."--Buddha, 5th century, B.C. From the series Great Ideas of Eastern Man.

Artist:
Yusaku Kamekura, Japanese, born Japan 1915  Search this
Medium:
color transparency
Dimensions:
sheet and image: 16 1/8 x 12 3/4 in. (41.0 x 32.4 cm.)
Type:
Photography-Phototransparency
Date:
1960
Topic:
Landscape\rocks  Search this
Religion\Buddhism  Search this
Landscape\plant\flower  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Container Corporation of America
Object number:
1984.124.135
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http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk757c8cae0-700e-4e79-b72f-80bc26b53e7e
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1984.124.135

"At daylight the miserable man was carried to an oak..." from the series Searching for California Hang Trees

Artist:
Ken Gonzales-Day, born Santa Clara, CA 1964  Search this
Medium:
lightjet print
Dimensions:
35 x 45 in. (88.9 x 114.3 cm)
Type:
Photography-Photoprint
Date:
2007
Topic:
Landscape\tree  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment
Copyright:
© 2007, Ken Gonzales-Day
Object number:
2012.12.1
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edanmdm:saam_2012.12.1

"BLUE DOG" Shark

Artist:
John Orne Johnson Frost, born Marblehead, MA 1852-died Marblehead, MA 1928  Search this
Medium:
carved and painted wood with iron hooks
Dimensions:
12 1/2 x 71 1/4 x 1 3/8 in. (31.8 x 181.0 x 3.4 cm.)
Type:
Sculpture
Folk Art
Date:
ca. 1922-1928
Topic:
Animal\fish\shark  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:
1986.65.247
Restrictions & Rights:
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Department:
Painting and Sculpture
On View:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor, 28A
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/vk76a70d7d3-ac8d-471b-8801-8b80efbc7ebf
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1986.65.247

"Belgian Village" a Century of Progress--Chicago

Artist:
Morris Henry Hobbs, born Rockford, IL 1892-died New Orleans, LA 1967  Search this
Medium:
etching on paper
Dimensions:
plate: 11 3/4 x 9 3/8 in. (29.8 x 23.8 cm)
Type:
Graphic Arts-Print
Date:
1933
Topic:
Figure group  Search this
Ceremony\festival\exposition  Search this
Cityscape\Illinois\Chicago  Search this
Architecture Exterior\civic\tower  Search this
Belgian  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Chicago Society of Etchers
Object number:
1935.13.577
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GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7c9a0c140-8f70-4a2d-9b2b-9bb7e575ba0f
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1935.13.577

"Benefit Foundation" Poster

Artist:
Claes Oldenburg, born Stockholm, Sweden 1929-died New York City 2022  Search this
Medium:
offset lithograph
Dimensions:
22 1/4 x 20 in. (56.5 x 50.8 cm)
Type:
Graphic Arts-Mechanical Reproduction
Topic:
Abstract  Search this
Object\written matter\poster  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Atelier Mourlot Ltd.
Copyright:
© Claes Oldenburg
Object number:
1968.14.20
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GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7dc18a79c-9753-47a0-9e10-8aab8efed69c
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1968.14.20

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