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Wrangell, Alaska, (painting)

Painter:
Richardson, Theodore J. 1855-1914  Search this
Medium:
Watercolor on paper
Culture:
Indian  Search this
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Tacoma Art Museum Tacoma Washington
Date:
Ca. 1890
Topic:
Landscape--Alaska--Wrangell  Search this
Landscape--River  Search this
Figure group  Search this
Ethnic--Inuit  Search this
Architecture exterior--Domestic--House  Search this
Object--Art Object--Totem pole  Search this
Control number:
IAP 56650171
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_465307

Untitled

Artist:
James Castle, born Garden Valley, ID 1899-died Boise, ID 1977  Search this
Medium:
soot on found paper
Dimensions:
recto: 3 1/4 × 4 3/4 in. (8.3 × 12.1 cm) verso: sight 2 7/8 × 4 1/4 in. (7.3 × 10.8 cm)
Type:
Drawing
Folk Art
Date:
ca. 1931-1977
Topic:
Landscape  Search this
Object\art object\totem pole  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, The Margaret Z. Robson Collection, Gift of John E. and Douglas O. Robson
Object number:
2016.38.13R-V
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Department:
Graphic Arts
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk789748b2d-492c-441a-be59-d94e179bce2d
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_2016.38.13R-V

Entrance to Indian Village

Artist:
Frances Foy, born Chicago, IL 1890-died Chicago, IL 1963  Search this
Medium:
etching on paper
Dimensions:
plate: 9 7/8 x 6 7/8 in. (25.2 x 17.6 cm)
Type:
Graphic Arts-Print
Date:
1933
Topic:
Figure group  Search this
Indian  Search this
Object\art object\totem pole  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Chicago Society of Etchers
Object number:
1935.13.555
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Department:
Graphic Arts
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7194e5b3e-c28c-4194-a260-eea3f1f8d592
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1935.13.555

Totem

Artist:
William Dawson, born Huntsville, AL 1901-died Chicago, IL 1990  Search this
Medium:
acrylic and felt-tipped pen and ink on carved wood
Dimensions:
13 x 3 1/8 in. (33.0 x 7.8 cm)
Type:
Sculpture
Folk Art
Date:
ca. 1975
Topic:
African American  Search this
Figure\fragment\face  Search this
Object\art object\totem pole  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Chuck and Jan Rosenak
Object number:
1981.136.1
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Department:
Painting and Sculpture
On View:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor, 27A
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/vk7fdc14938-81b4-4084-8668-4007f9d072ab
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1981.136.1

Totem and Chief Seattle, from the Seattle Documentary Survey Project

Artist:
Tod E. Gangler, born New York City 1953  Search this
Medium:
gelatin silver print
Type:
Photography-Photoprint
Date:
1980
Topic:
Cityscape\time\night  Search this
Cityscape\Washington\Seattle  Search this
Object\art object\totem pole  Search this
Object\furniture\bench  Search this
Monument\statue\Seattle  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Endowment for the Arts
Copyright:
© 1980, Tod E. Gangler
Object number:
1983.63.578
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Department:
Graphic Arts
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7a3849446-93c6-42f7-9f6e-517efda87499
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1983.63.578

Hawaii, from the United States Series

Artist:
Baggy Yasuhara, born Honolulu, HI ca. 1922-died Honolulu, HI 2006  Search this
Medium:
gouache and pencil on paperboard mounted on paperboard
Dimensions:
sheet: 16 3/8 x 13 7/8 in. (41.7 x 35.3 cm)
Type:
Drawing
Date:
ca. 1946-1949
Topic:
Architecture\boat  Search this
Landscape\mountain  Search this
Landscape\water  Search this
Landscape\Hawaii  Search this
Object\art object\totem pole  Search this
Architecture Exterior\domestic\hut  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Container Corporation of America
Object number:
1984.124.307
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Department:
Graphic Arts
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7c535f783-7872-43b8-847d-23a3d9761973
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1984.124.307

The Raven Totem Pole

Artist:
Theodore J. Richardson, born Readfield, ME 1855-died Minneapolis, MN 1914  Search this
Medium:
watercolor on paper
Dimensions:
14 3/4 x 10 5/8 in. (37.6 x 27.0 cm)
Type:
Painting
Date:
ca. 1880-1914
Topic:
Figure group  Search this
Landscape\building  Search this
Indian  Search this
Object\art object\totem pole  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Theodore J. Richardson
Object number:
1985.66.326,784
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
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Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
Department:
Graphic Arts
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7ff7f3521-d5e0-4b63-b525-ebb76fb348e5
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1985.66.326_784

Alaska Building with Totems at St. Louis Exposition

Artist:
Theodore J. Richardson, born Readfield, ME 1855-died Minneapolis, MN 1914  Search this
Medium:
watercolor on paper, mounted on colored paper
Dimensions:
12 1/4 x 9 3/4 in. (31.1 x 24.8 cm)
Type:
Painting
Date:
1904
Topic:
Figure group  Search this
Landscape\building  Search this
Indian  Search this
Ceremony\festival\exposition  Search this
Object\art object\totem pole  Search this
Ceremony\festival\St. Louis Exposition  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Theodore J. Richardson
Object number:
1985.66.326,785
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
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Department:
Graphic Arts
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7c16cb430-1a28-411f-b485-0722003a448b
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1985.66.326_785

View of Wrangell, Alaska, in 1884

Artist:
Theodore J. Richardson, born Readfield, ME 1855-died Minneapolis, MN 1914  Search this
Medium:
watercolor on paper, mounted on paperboard
Dimensions:
8 7/8 x 11 1/2 in. (22.5 x 29.2 cm)
Type:
Painting
Date:
1884
Topic:
Landscape\beach  Search this
Figure female\full length  Search this
Architecture\boat\canoe  Search this
Object\art object\totem pole  Search this
Architecture Exterior\domestic\hut  Search this
Landscape\Alaska\Wrangell  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Theodore J. Richardson
Object number:
1985.66.326,786
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
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Department:
Graphic Arts
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk714bf31f5-7423-4b37-9d31-d84dbb3a64ef
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1985.66.326_786

Prehistoric Totem

Artist:
Q. J. Stephenson, born Garysburg, NC 1920-died Garysburg, NC 1997  Search this
Medium:
painted concrete, varnished cypress knees, glass beads, shells, stones, teeth metal, plastic flowers, poison ivy vine, driftwood, feathers, glass, pine cone scales, plastic teeth, enamel pin, and claws
Dimensions:
54 x 18 1/4 x 16 1/4 in. (137.2 x 46.4 x 41.3 cm.)
Type:
Sculpture-Assemblage
Folk Art
Date:
early 1980s
Topic:
Animal\bird  Search this
Figure\head  Search this
Fantasy\monster  Search this
Object\art object\totem pole  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:
1986.65.267
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Department:
Painting and Sculpture
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk743610f5a-451e-496e-9ed9-d7876c3e7c5f
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1986.65.267

Boxed Totem

Artist:
Unidentified  Search this
Medium:
carved and painted wood with glass and bristle
Dimensions:
totem: 20 1/4 x 7 5/8 x 3 5/8 in. (51.4 x 19.4 x 9.2 cm.)
Type:
Sculpture-Assemblage
Folk Art
Date:
20th century
Topic:
Figure\head  Search this
Fantasy\animal  Search this
Object\art object\totem pole  Search this
Object\other\container  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:
1986.65.315A-B
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
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Department:
Painting and Sculpture
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk721ed158b-9eb7-4a71-8d0b-9ab8e18bc735
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1986.65.315A-B

Nine Views

Artist:
Richard Jolley, born Wichita, KS 1952  Search this
Medium:
blown, acid-etched, and assembled glass
Dimensions:
86 x 16 1/2 in. (218.4 x 41.9 cm) diam.
Type:
Decorative Arts-Glass
Crafts
Date:
1995
Topic:
Figure\head  Search this
Dress\accessory\hat  Search this
Object\art object\totem pole  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the James Renwick Alliance on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Renwick Gallery
Object number:
1997.93
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Department:
Renwick Gallery
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7b2d5c11c-ed24-414f-8f03-6c4598ed230b
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1997.93

Battle of the Mind

Artist:
William R. Miller, born Louisville, KY 1962  Search this
Medium:
colored pencil and gouache on paper
Dimensions:
image and sheet: 11 3/4 x 9 in. (29.8 x 22.9 cm)
Type:
Drawing
Date:
2001
Topic:
Figure  Search this
Fantasy  Search this
Landscape\desert  Search this
Landscape\celestial\sun  Search this
State of being\evil\temptation  Search this
Landscape\plant\cactus  Search this
Architecture\vehicle\spacecraft  Search this
Object\art object\totem pole  Search this
Emblem\cross  Search this
Object\other\candlestick  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist
Object number:
2001.65.3
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Department:
Graphic Arts
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7542e7acd-bc9c-4af6-bd55-85a3242f9fb1
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_2001.65.3

Time Totem

Artist:
Peter Pierobon, born Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 1957  Search this
Medium:
ebonized mahogany, mahogany, and steel
Dimensions:
93 5/8 x 22 7/8 x 19 7/8 in. (237.9 x 58.2 x 50.5 cm)
Type:
Decorative Arts
Crafts
Date:
1993
Topic:
Abstract  Search this
Allegory\time  Search this
Object\art object\totem pole  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of MCI
Object number:
2001.89.2
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Department:
Renwick Gallery
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7ea304955-85b5-46a7-8bab-49923f5597f3
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_2001.89.2

Kiksadi Totem Pole, (sculpture)

Sculptor:
Unknown  Search this
Type:
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Administered by National Archives and Records Administration 7th & Pennsylvania Avenue Washington District of Columbia
Located at Franklin D. Roosevelt Library and Museum 259 Albany Post Road Hyde Park New York 12538
Date:
1940
Topic:
Object--Art Object--Totem pole  Search this
Control number:
IAS 76002551
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_1794

View of Wrangell, Alaska in 1884, (painting)

Painter:
Richardson, Theodore J. 1855-1914  Search this
Medium:
Watercolor on paper mounted on paperboard
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Smithsonian American Art Museum 8th & G Streets, N.W Washington District of Columbia 20560 Accession Number: 1985.66.326,786
Date:
1884
Topic:
Landscape--Alaska--Wrangell  Search this
Object--Art Object--Totem pole  Search this
Architecture exterior  Search this
Control number:
IAP 08585195
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_467594

Faust ArtPark, (sculpture)

Title:
Propane Man, (sculpture)
Harmony is not Easy, (sculpture)
Rainbow People, (sculpture)
Sculptor:
Faust, Lawrence  Search this
Medium:
Found objects, including ceramic, concrete, crystals and glass pieces, metal, carved and painted wood, painted plexiglas, wheels, machinery, piano
Culture:
African  Search this
Indian  Search this
Type:
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures-Folk
Sculptures-Kinetic
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Faust, Lawrence Gloversville New York
Date:
1989-1999
Topic:
Abstract  Search this
Ethnic  Search this
Religion--Hinduism  Search this
Religion--Christianity  Search this
Religion--Judaism  Search this
Mythology--Other--African  Search this
Allegory--Arts & Sciences--Astrology  Search this
Emblem--Cross  Search this
Figure group  Search this
Object--Art Object--Totem pole  Search this
Occupation--Religion--Shaman  Search this
Emblem--Zodiac  Search this
Object--Letter  Search this
Control number:
IAS 73261781
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_345585

Alaska Building with Totems at St. Louis Exposition, (painting)

Painter:
Richardson, Theodore J. 1855-1914  Search this
Medium:
Watercolor on paper mounted on colored paper
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Smithsonian American Art Museum 8th & G Streets, N.W Washington District of Columbia 20560 Accession Number: 1985.66.326,785
Date:
1904
Topic:
Landscape--Missouri--St. Louis  Search this
Object--Art Object--Totem pole  Search this
Ceremony--Festival--Exposition  Search this
Architecture exterior  Search this
Control number:
IAP 08585194
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_467593

Old Kasaan (Alaska), (painting)

Painter:
Richardson, Theodore J. 1855-1914  Search this
Medium:
Watercolor on paper
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Braarud Fine Art P. O. Box 717 La Conner Washington 98257
Date:
Ca. 1890
Topic:
Cityscape--Alaska--Old Kasaan  Search this
Architecture exterior--Domestic--House  Search this
Object--Art Object--Totem pole  Search this
Landscape--Water  Search this
Control number:
IAP 67530173
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_357121

Totem Pole, (sculpture)

Sculptor:
Unknown  Search this
Medium:
Sculpture: wood, painted; Base: concrete
Type:
Sculptures-Totem pole
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Administered by City of Pittsburgh Department of Public Works 611 Second Avenue Pittsburgh Pennsylvania 15222
Located South Park East Park Drive Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
Date:
Ca. 1938
Topic:
Object--Art Object--Totem pole  Search this
Animal  Search this
Figure  Search this
Control number:
IAS PA000223
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_321054

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