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The chief thing is to have a soul that loves the truth and harbors it where it finds it. And another thing: the truth requires constant repetition, because error is being preached about us all the time, and not only by isolated individuals but by the masses. In newspapers and encyclopedias, in schools and universities, everywhere error rides high and basks in the consciousness of having the majority on its side.--Goethe on truth and error, Conversations with Eckermann, 1828. From the series G...

Catalog Data

Artist:
Leon Kelly, born Perpignan, France 1901-died Loveladies Harbor, NJ 1982  Search this
Sitter:
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe  Search this
Medium:
photomechanical reproduction, plastic, and paper on paper mounted on paperboard
Dimensions:
sheet: 25 1/8 x 20 in. (63.8 x 51.0 cm.)
Type:
Collage
Date:
1951
Topic:
Figure group\male  Search this
Animal\reptile\snake  Search this
Still life\other\torch  Search this
Portrait male\bust  Search this
Allegory\quality\truth  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Container Corporation of America
Object number:
1984.124.143
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
Department:
Graphic Arts
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7b69f3117-ad2e-43cd-b1f9-ed5d9a72022b
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1984.124.143