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view " Nous jurons de faire baiser la Toile" digital asset number 1

" Nous jurons de faire baiser la Toile"

Medium:
Hand-colored engraving on wove paper
Dimensions:
25.7 x 35.3 cm (10 1/8 x 13 7/8 in. ), uneven sheet
Type:
graphic design
print
Object Name:
print
Credit Line:
Bequest of Elinor Merrell
Accession Number:
1995-50-397
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
Data Source:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq40ca9e53f-244d-4042-912f-da546f5f3c0e
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:chndm_1995-50-397
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"'Box' Materials, Fairly Early - 1950s"

Collection Artist:
Cornell, Joseph  Search this
Container:
Box 26, Folder 40-44
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
circa 1949-circa 1961
Scope and Contents:
Oversized material housed in Box 101, Folders 14-16, and OV112. Includes sketches of box designs; note: "Rich Art Poster Paint" used; dovecote box design sketch; "Remembering Aviary" note. Also includes celestial map cutouts, photoprints of Lucille Grahn, Parmigianino "Madonna with the Long Neck" detail, and Paolo Uccello girl profile cutout.
Collection Restrictions:
Access to the collection requires an advanced appointment. Contact collection staff at least two weeks prior to preferred date, at AmericanArtCornellStudy@si.edu.

Series 9: Artifacts and Ephemera, Series 13: Personal Library and Book Collection, and Series 14: Record Album Collection, are still undergoing processing and preservation and may not be available for research use. Record albums are unavailable for playback. Contact collection staff for full lists of publications and record albums.
Collection Rights:
Unpublished materials are protected by copyright. Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder.
Collection Citation:
Joseph Cornell Study Center, Smithsonian American Art Museum.
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Joseph Cornell Study Center Collection
Joseph Cornell Study Center Collection / Series 8: Source Material / 8.2: Subject Source Files
Archival Repository:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Research and Scholars Center
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ih70861fc56-b1cd-40d6-82c2-7eb676f641a3
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-saam-jcsc-1-ref1958
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"'Elsa,' Penny Arcade Portrait"

Collection Artist:
Cornell, Joseph  Search this
Container:
Box 31, Folder 33-36
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
circa 1957
Scope and Contents:
Oversized box housed in Box 136. Includes box sketches and notes, collaged board painted blue, and references to Elsa Martinelli.
Collection Restrictions:
Access to the collection requires an advanced appointment. Contact collection staff at least two weeks prior to preferred date, at AmericanArtCornellStudy@si.edu.

Series 9: Artifacts and Ephemera, Series 13: Personal Library and Book Collection, and Series 14: Record Album Collection, are still undergoing processing and preservation and may not be available for research use. Record albums are unavailable for playback. Contact collection staff for full lists of publications and record albums.
Collection Rights:
Unpublished materials are protected by copyright. Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder.
Collection Citation:
Joseph Cornell Study Center, Smithsonian American Art Museum.
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Joseph Cornell Study Center Collection
Joseph Cornell Study Center Collection / Series 8: Source Material / 8.2: Subject Source Files
Archival Repository:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Research and Scholars Center
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ih70c5a4947-d8f4-411d-9d73-96b865f8c826
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-saam-jcsc-1-ref2503
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"'T'aint for you", (painting)

Artist:
Brown, J. G.  Search this
Type:
Paintings
Exhibition Catalogs
Date:
1876
Topic:
Undetermined  Search this
Figure group  Search this
Ethnic  Search this
Control number:
AECI 03110109
Data Source:
Pre-1877 Art Exhibition Catalogue Index
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_aeci_65651
view "'Tapestry paintings' shown by Mrs. Zorach" in <em>The Art Digest</em> digital asset number 1

"'Tapestry paintings' shown by Mrs. Zorach" in The Art Digest

Type:
Printed Materials
Date:
1935 November 1
Citation:
"'Tapestry paintings' shown by Mrs. Zorach" in The Art Digest, 1935 November 1. Downtown Gallery records, 1824-1974. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Record number:
(DSI-AAA)22512
See more items in:
Downtown Gallery records, 1824-1974, bulk 1926-1969
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_item_22512
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"'The New Painting': A New Way of Looking at Impressionism"

Collection Creator:
Nochlin, Linda  Search this
Container:
Box 15, Folder 9
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1986
Collection Restrictions:
This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. Researchers interested in accessing born-digital records or audiovisual recordings in this collection must use access copies. Contact References Services for more information.
Collection Rights:
The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
Collection Citation:
Linda Nochlin papers, circa 1876, 1937-2017. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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Linda Nochlin papers
Linda Nochlin papers / Series 4: Writing Project Files / 4.3: Essays
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9ceff567c-e6db-4462-adb2-12a9252355bf
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-aaa-nochlind-ref485
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"'Tis Greece, but living Greece no more.", (painting)

Artist:
Leighton  Search this
Type:
Paintings
Exhibition Catalogs
Date:
1876
Topic:
History--Ancient--Greece  Search this
Figure  Search this
Control number:
AECI 06390030
Data Source:
Pre-1877 Art Exhibition Catalogue Index
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_aeci_113077
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"'Tis some poor fellow's skull, said he, Who fell in that great victory.", (painting)

Artist:
Lysons Col.  Search this
Medium:
Watercolor
Type:
Paintings
Exhibition Catalogs
Date:
1876
Topic:
Literature--Unknown  Search this
State of Being--Death  Search this
Figure group  Search this
History  Search this
Control number:
AECI 01440250
Data Source:
Pre-1877 Art Exhibition Catalogue Index
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_aeci_26616
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"'Twas ever thus from childhood's hour, I've seen my fondest hopes decay", (painting)

Artist:
Mclain, Mary W.  Search this
Type:
Paintings
Exhibition Catalogs
Date:
1876
Topic:
Literature--Dickens--Old Curiosity Shop  Search this
Control number:
AECI 06170388
Data Source:
Pre-1877 Art Exhibition Catalogue Index
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_aeci_110470
view "'Ye-fude' Japanese Painting Brushes" digital asset: "'Ye-fude' Japanese Painting Brushes"

"'Ye-fude' Japanese Painting Brushes"

Collection Creator:
Obata, Chiura  Search this
Container:
Box 1, Folder 84
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
circa 1930-circa 1950
Collection Restrictions:
This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center.
Collection Rights:
The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
Collection Citation:
Chiura Obata papers, circa 1891-2000. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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Chiura Obata papers
Chiura Obata papers / Series 3: Writings
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-aaa-obatchiu-ref48
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"(Jose Clemente) Orozco Paints"

Collection Creator:
Smith, Suzanne Mullett  Search this
Container:
Box 1, Folder 25
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
undated
Collection Restrictions:
This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center.
Collection Rights:
The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
Collection Citation:
Suzanne Mullett Smith Papers, 1913-1992. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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Suzanne Mullett Smith papers
Suzanne Mullett Smith papers / Series 2: Writings
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9e2cafe5d-9e7e-47c9-9b9e-8c7f962c4b68
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-aaa-smitsuza-ref38
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"--from our minds" : painting, sculpture, drawing exhibition

Author:
Goethe-Institut (Lagos, Nigeria)  Search this
Subject:
Babatunde, G  Search this
Olaku, Abiodun  Search this
Osiemi, Felix 1961-  Search this
Physical description:
24 p. : ill. ; 15 x 21 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Place:
Nigeria
Date:
1988
1988?]
20th century
Topic:
Art, African  Search this
Art, Nigerian  Search this
Call number:
N7399.N5 F93 1988
N7399.N5F93 1988
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_380433
view "...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. digital asset number 1

"...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
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
Department:
Painting and Sculpture
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7406003a0-4c81-4283-87b6-01e32a24ed48
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1984.124.248
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"1. Timothy V. 25." Water Color Cabinet, (painting)

Artist:
Perry, E. W.  Search this
Medium:
Watercolor
Type:
Paintings
Exhibition Catalogs
Date:
1876
Topic:
Religion--New Testament  Search this
Literature--Bible  Search this
Control number:
AECI 07710035
Data Source:
Pre-1877 Art Exhibition Catalogue Index
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_aeci_119694
view "10 ARTISTIC POST CARDS", Egypt digital asset: "10 ARTISTIC POST CARDS", Egypt

"10 ARTISTIC POST CARDS", Egypt

Creator:
Eastern Publishing Company (Cairo, Egypt)  Search this
Extent:
1 Postcard (Binder, color, 5.5 x 3.5 in)
Container:
Binder 15
Type:
Archival materials
Postcards
Postcards
Place:
Egypt
Scope and Contents:
[Arabic script]; 10 ARTISTIC[,] POST CARDS[,] REPRODUCTIONS OF[,] WATER COLOUR PAINTINGS[,] BY AYOUB BISHAI; SERIES[,] No. 1; COPYRIGHT[,] EASTERN PUBLISHING COMPANY P.O.B. 261 CAIRO.. Published by EASTERN PUBLISHING COMPANY P.O.B. 261 CAIRO.
Series Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Item Rights:
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Topic:
Cultural landscapes  Search this
Identifier:
EEPA.2001-001, Item EEPA 2001-001-4226
See more items in:
Stephen Grant postcards
Stephen Grant postcards / Egypt - Pyramids
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7f82e90db-cb6b-4ed4-80a1-09b0caad40e2
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-2001-001-ref5790
No Image Available

"100 Paintings From The 20th Century," Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, N.J. (Sept. 7-28, 1969)

Collection Creator:
Sheets, Millard, 1907-1989  Search this
Container:
Box 19, Folder 29
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1969
Collection Restrictions:
This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center.
Collection Rights:
The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
Collection Citation:
Millard Sheets papers, circa 1907-2000. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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Millard Sheets papers
Millard Sheets papers / Series 9: Exhibition Files / 9.1: Exhibitions Featuring Artwork by Sheets
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw922a4ebf8-b911-4658-a500-f5b2529324d5
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-aaa-sheemill-ref725
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"100 Vows of the Sun: Surrealist Sculpture, Painting and Poetry"

Collection Creator:
Bell, Michael S., 1946-  Search this
Container:
Box 3, Folder 46
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1985
Collection Restrictions:
This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. Researchers interested in accessing born-digital records and audiovisual recordings in this collection must use access copies. Contact References Services for more information.
Collection Rights:
The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
Collection Citation:
Michael Bell papers, 1942-1988. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
See more items in:
Michael Bell papers
Michael Bell papers / Series 4: Exhibition Files
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw926dbc967-ae8f-427b-9dc0-47bc53ae68f3
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-aaa-bellmich-ref88
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"100 Vows of the Sun: Surrealist Sculpture, Painting and Poetry"

Collection Creator:
Bell, Michael S., 1946-  Search this
Extent:
1 Sound cassette
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
Container:
Box 4, Folder 1-3
Type:
Archival materials
Sound cassettes
Videocassettes (vhs)
Date:
1985
Collection Restrictions:
This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. Researchers interested in accessing born-digital records and audiovisual recordings in this collection must use access copies. Contact References Services for more information.
Collection Rights:
The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
Collection Citation:
Michael Bell papers, 1942-1988. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
See more items in:
Michael Bell papers
Michael Bell papers / Series 4: Exhibition Files
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9601cc523-59ae-4404-aa60-9cd3899ac94a
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-aaa-bellmich-ref89
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"1566." Entombment, The, after J. Clovio, (graphics)

Artist:
Cort, Cor. 1536-1578  Search this
Clovio (copy after)  Search this
Medium:
Engraving
Type:
Graphic arts
Exhibition Catalogs
Date:
1566
Topic:
Religion--New Testament--Christ  Search this
Religion--New Testament--Crucifixion  Search this
Figure(s) In Interior--Other--Tomb  Search this
State of Being--Death--Execution  Search this
Control number:
AECI 03530447
Data Source:
Pre-1877 Art Exhibition Catalogue Index
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_aeci_73372
No Image Available

"1570." Marriage of Cana, after Sabbatine, (graphics)

Artist:
Cort, Cor. 1536-1578  Search this
Sabbatini (copy after)  Search this
Medium:
Engraving
Type:
Graphic arts
Exhibition Catalogs
Date:
1570
Topic:
Religion--New Testament--Christ  Search this
Religion--New Testament--Marriage at Cana  Search this
Ceremony--Wedding  Search this
Figure group  Search this
Control number:
AECI 03530448
Data Source:
Pre-1877 Art Exhibition Catalogue Index
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_aeci_73373

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