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"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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"Men are men before they are lawyers or physicians or manufacturers; and if you make them capable and sensible men they will make themselves capable and sensible lawyers and physicians."--John Stuart Mill, Inaugural Address at St. Andrew's, 1867. From the series Great Ideas of Western Man.

Artist:
Ben Shahn, born Kovno, Lithuania 1898-died New York City 1969  Search this
Medium:
brush and ink on paper mounted on paperboard
Dimensions:
sheet: 22 7/8 x 13 5/8 in. (58.1 x 34.6 cm)
Type:
Drawing
Date:
1955
Topic:
Figure\fragment\hand  Search this
Figure\fragment\face  Search this
Literature\Mill\Inaugural Address at St. Andrews  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Container Corporation of America
Object number:
1984.124.264
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"The progress of democracy seems irresistible, because it is the most uniform, the most ancient, and the most permanent tendency which is to be found in history."--Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America, 1835. From the series Great Ideas of Western Man.

Artist:
Jacques Nathan Garamond, French, born Paris, France 1910-died 2001  Search this
Medium:
gouache and pencil on paper mounted on paperboard
Dimensions:
sheet: 13 x 11 in. (33.0 x 27.9 cm)
Type:
Painting
Date:
1955
Topic:
Abstract  Search this
Figure\fragment\face  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Container Corporation of America
Object number:
1984.124.98
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edanmdm:saam_1984.124.98

Head

Artist:
Lester Johnson, born Minneapolis, MN 1919-died Westhampton, NY 2010  Search this
Medium:
lithograph on paper
Dimensions:
image: 13 3/8 x 10 1/4 in. (33.9 x 26.0 cm)
Type:
Graphic Arts-Print
Date:
1960
Topic:
Figure\fragment\face  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Arthur Cohen
Copyright:
© 1960, Lester Johnson
Object number:
1984.140.1
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In Memoriam

Artist:
Harold Tovish, born New York City 1921-died Albuquerque, NM 2008  Search this
Medium:
hydrocal and gravel on wood base
Dimensions:
66 x 66 x 45 in. (167.6 x 167.6 x 114.3 cm)
Type:
Sculpture
Date:
1984
Topic:
Figure\fragment\face  Search this
Object\weapon\cannon  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Sara Roby Foundation
Object number:
1985.82.4A-V
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Hovering

Artist:
Philip Guston, born Montreal, Quebec, Canada 1913-died Woodstock, NY 1980  Search this
Medium:
brush and ink on paper
Dimensions:
sheet: 18 1/8 x 24 in. (46.1 x 61.1 cm)
Type:
Drawing
Date:
1976
Topic:
Dress\accessory\jewelry  Search this
Figure\fragment\face  Search this
Object\written matter\book  Search this
Object\foodstuff  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Ruth and Jacob Kainen
Object number:
1986.59
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Face Jug

Artist:
Evan Javan Brown, Sr., born Buckhead, GA 1897-died NC 1980  Search this
Medium:
glazed stoneware
Dimensions:
7 1/8 x 5 1/8 x 5 1/2 in. (18.1 x 12.9 x 14 cm)
Type:
Decorative Arts-Ceramic
Folk Art
Date:
ca. 1974
Topic:
Figure\fragment\face  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:
1986.65.27
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Decorative Arts
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Baby #2

Artist:
Gail Rebhan, born Chicago, IL 1953  Search this
Medium:
gelatin silver print
Dimensions:
image: 13 1/2 x 16 5/8 in. (34.4 x 42.2 cm.)
Type:
Photography-Photoprint
Date:
1988
Topic:
Figure\child  Search this
Figure\fragment\face  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase
Copyright:
© 1988, Gail Rebhan
Object number:
1989.24A
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Baby #2

Artist:
Gail Rebhan, born Chicago, IL 1953  Search this
Medium:
gelatin silver print
Dimensions:
image: 13 1/2 x 16 5/8 in. (34.4 x 42.2 cm.)
Type:
Photography-Photoprint
Date:
1988
Topic:
Figure\child  Search this
Figure\fragment\face  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase
Copyright:
© 1988, Gail Rebhan
Object number:
1989.24B
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Meeting Series "B": Our Lives

Artist:
Herbert Gentry, born Pittsburgh, PA 1919-died Stockholm, Sweden 2003  Search this
Medium:
mixed media on paper
Dimensions:
sheet: 29 3/4 x 22 in. (75.6 x 55.9 cm)
Type:
Painting
Date:
1988
Topic:
Figure group  Search this
Abstract  Search this
Figure\fragment\face  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Stanley Bard
Copyright:
© 1988, Herbert Gentry
Object number:
1989.76.1
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Faced Faces

Artist:
Herbert Gentry, born Pittsburgh, PA 1919-died Stockholm, Sweden 2003  Search this
Printer:
Bank Street Atelier, n.d.  Search this
Medium:
color lithograph on paper
Dimensions:
image: 26 1/4 x 19 1/2 in. (66.7 x 49.5 cm)
Type:
Graphic Arts-Print
Date:
1971
Topic:
Figure group  Search this
Abstract  Search this
Figure\fragment\face  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Stanley Bard
Copyright:
© 1971, Herbert Gentry
Object number:
1989.76.4
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edanmdm:saam_1989.76.4

Untitled (photostat of Cornell's drawing of the sun face)

Artist:
Joseph Cornell, born Nyack, NY 1903-died New York City 1972  Search this
Medium:
collage
Dimensions:
9 x 7 in. (22.9 x 17.8 cm)
Type:
Collage
Date:
n.d.
Topic:
Abstract  Search this
Figure\fragment\face  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of The Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation
Object number:
1991.155.247
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Hieroglyphics

Artist:
Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, born Manlius Square, NY 1814-died Toledo, OH 1889  Search this
Medium:
pencil on paper
Type:
Drawing
Topic:
Egyptian  Search this
Figure\fragment\face  Search this
Object\written matter  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Martha F. Butler
Object number:
1991.56.400A-B
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The Daruma Branch

Artist:
Helen Hyde, born Lima, NY 1868-died Pasadena, CA 1919  Search this
Medium:
color woodcut on paper
Dimensions:
image: 4 7/8 x 4 1/2 in. (12.5 x 11.4 cm)
Type:
Graphic Arts-Print
Date:
1910
Topic:
Japanese  Search this
Religion\Buddhism  Search this
Figure\fragment\face  Search this
Figure male\child\full length  Search this
Dress\Japanese dress  Search this
Object\foliage  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Hyde Gillette in memory of Mabel Hyde Gillette and Edwin Fraser Gillette
Object number:
1992.13.61
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Harvestors

Artist:
B. Jesus Newton, n.d.  Search this
Medium:
oil on canvas
Dimensions:
23 x 35 1/8 in. (58.4 x 89.2 cm.)
Type:
Painting
Folk Art
Date:
n.d.
Topic:
Occupation\farm\harvesting  Search this
Figure\fragment\face  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of David L. Davies
Object number:
1992.37.13
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edanmdm:saam_1992.37.13

Top of the Line (Steel)

Artist:
Thornton Dial, Sr., born Emelle, AL 1928-died McCalla, AL 2016  Search this
Medium:
mixed media: enamel, unbraided canvas roping, and metal on plywood
Dimensions:
65 x 81 x 7 7/8 in. (165.2 x 205.7 x 20.1 cm)
Type:
Painting
Folk Art
Date:
1992
Topic:
Figure group  Search this
Abstract  Search this
Figure\fragment\face  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift from the collection of Ron and June Shelp
Object number:
1993.47
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edanmdm:saam_1993.47

Torn Poster, No. 3a

Artist:
Fritz Blumenthal, born Mainz, Germany 1913-died Middletown, NY 2002  Search this
Medium:
monotype on paper
Dimensions:
sheet: 17 1/2 x 22 3/8 in. (44.4 x 56.8 cm)
Type:
Graphic Arts-Print
Date:
1980
Topic:
Abstract  Search this
Figure\fragment\face  Search this
Object\letter  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist
Object number:
1994.38.3
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edanmdm:saam_1994.38.3

Palabras Que Me Causas

Artist:
Luis C. González, born Mexico City, Mexico 1953  Search this
RCAF, founded 1970  Search this
Medium:
screenprint on paper
Dimensions:
image: 11 7/8 x 10 in. (30.3 x 25.4 cm) sheet: 23 x 17 1/2 in. (58.3 x 44.4 cm)
Type:
Graphic Arts-Print
Date:
1975
Topic:
Figure\fragment\face  Search this
Object\written matter  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Tomás Ybarra-Frausto
Object number:
1995.50.28
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edanmdm:saam_1995.50.28

Untitled (window shade, old person resting chin on hand)

Artist:
Leon Levinstein, born Buckhannon, WV 1910-died New York City 1988  Search this
Medium:
gelatin silver print
Dimensions:
12 1/2 x 10 3/4 in. (31.8 x 27.3 cm)
Type:
Photography-Photoprint
Date:
1950s
Topic:
Figure\fragment\hand  Search this
Figure\fragment\face  Search this
Architecture Exterior\detail\window  Search this
Figure\elderly  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Stuart E. Karu
Copyright:
© 1978, Stuart E. Karu
Object number:
1996.101.6
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edanmdm:saam_1996.101.6

Mestizo

Artist:
Amado M. Peña, Jr., born Laredo, TX 1943  Search this
Medium:
screenprint on paper
Dimensions:
image: 15 1/4 × 9 1/2 in. (38.7 × 24.2 cm) sheet: 18 × 12 in. (45.7 × 30.5 cm)
Type:
Graphic Arts-Print
Date:
1974
Topic:
Abstract  Search this
Figure\fragment\face  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Amado M. Peña, Sr. and Maria Peña
Copyright:
© 1974, Amado M. Peña, Jr.
Object number:
1996.47.5
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edanmdm:saam_1996.47.5

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