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Historical Scene--WW II

Artist:
William H. Johnson, born Florence, SC 1901-died Central Islip, NY 1970  Search this
Sitter:
Winston Churchill  Search this
Chiang Kai-shek  Search this
Franklin Delano Roosevelt  Search this
Medium:
oil on paperboard
Dimensions:
32 1/2 x 24 3/4 in. (82.7 x 62.9 cm)
Type:
Painting
Date:
ca. 1945
Topic:
Architecture\vehicle\airplane  Search this
History\United States\World War II  Search this
Dress\uniform\military uniform  Search this
Portrait male\full length  Search this
Portrait male\full length  Search this
Portrait male\full length  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Harmon Foundation
Object number:
1967.59.659
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For India and China

Artist:
William H. Johnson, born Florence, SC 1901-died Central Islip, NY 1970  Search this
Sitter:
Mahatma Gandhi  Search this
Medium:
oil on paperboard
Dimensions:
32 1/8 x 23 5/8 in. (81.6 x 60.0 cm.)
Type:
Painting
Date:
ca. 1944-1945
Topic:
Figure group  Search this
Portrait male  Search this
Dress\Asian Indian dress  Search this
History\India  Search this
History\China  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Harmon Foundation
Object number:
1967.59.662
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edanmdm:saam_1967.59.662

Three Allies in Cairo

Artist:
William H. Johnson, born Florence, SC 1901-died Central Islip, NY 1970  Search this
Sitter:
Winston Churchill  Search this
Chiang Kai-shek  Search this
Franklin Delano Roosevelt  Search this
Medium:
oil on paperboard
Dimensions:
28 5/8 x 36 1/2 in. (72.7 x 92.7 cm.)
Type:
Painting
Date:
ca. 1945
Topic:
History\United States\World War II  Search this
Portrait male\full length  Search this
Portrait male\full length  Search this
Portrait male\full length  Search this
Object\other\flag  Search this
Object\other\flag  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Harmon Foundation
Object number:
1967.59.663
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http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk772ff1ef7-780b-4489-a552-f13d1dd7b729
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edanmdm:saam_1967.59.663

Booker T. Washington Legend

Artist:
William H. Johnson, born Florence, SC 1901-died Central Islip, NY 1970  Search this
Sitter:
Booker T. Washington  Search this
Medium:
oil on plywood
Dimensions:
32 5/8 x 25 1/4 in. (82.9 x 64.1 cm.)
Type:
Painting
Date:
ca. 1944-1945
Topic:
Figure group  Search this
African American  Search this
Occupation\education\student  Search this
Portrait male  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Harmon Foundation
Object number:
1967.59.664
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http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7838cf038-4988-4b4c-934f-753cf38f7a23
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edanmdm:saam_1967.59.664

Nehru and Gandhi

Artist:
William H. Johnson, born Florence, SC 1901-died Central Islip, NY 1970  Search this
Sitter:
Mahatma Gandhi  Search this
Nehru  Search this
Medium:
oil on paperboard
Dimensions:
33 7/8 x 27 7/8 in. (86.0 x 70.8 cm.)
Type:
Painting
Date:
ca. 1945
Topic:
Figure group  Search this
Landscape\celestial\moon  Search this
Animal\dog  Search this
Portrait male  Search this
Portrait male  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Harmon Foundation
Object number:
1967.59.665
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http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk791b01bf2-fb27-42a4-85d9-c43bda431b87
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edanmdm:saam_1967.59.665

Paul Robeson's Relations

Artist:
William H. Johnson, born Florence, SC 1901-died Central Islip, NY 1970  Search this
Sitter:
Paul Robeson  Search this
Medium:
oil on hardboard (Masonite)
Dimensions:
36 3/8 x 28 5/8 in. (92.5 x 72.6 cm)
Type:
Painting
Date:
ca. 1945
Topic:
Figure group  Search this
Architecture  Search this
Still life\other\flag  Search this
Performing arts\theater  Search this
Performing arts\music\voice  Search this
Portrait male  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Harmon Foundation
Object number:
1967.59.666
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http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk77b8a7f73-e6da-4c4d-aae6-5185e08ba8b4
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edanmdm:saam_1967.59.666

Three Great Dancers

Artist:
William H. Johnson, born Florence, SC 1901-died Central Islip, NY 1970  Search this
Medium:
oil on paperboard
Dimensions:
33 5/8 x 28 1/2 in. (85.4 x 72.4 cm.)
Type:
Painting
Date:
ca. 1945
Topic:
African American  Search this
Landscape\tree\palm tree  Search this
Performing arts\music\drum  Search this
Figure group\female\nude  Search this
Performing arts\dance  Search this
Object\musical instrument\drum  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Harmon Foundation
Object number:
1967.59.667
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http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk713eac0f2-1cdc-456a-9004-5c3fb2780420
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edanmdm:saam_1967.59.667

Self-Portrait with Pipe

Artist:
William H. Johnson, born Florence, SC 1901-died Central Islip, NY 1970  Search this
Sitter:
William H. Johnson  Search this
William H. Johnson  Search this
Medium:
oil on canvas
Dimensions:
35 x 28 in. (88.9 x 71.1 cm.)
Type:
Painting
Date:
ca. 1937
Topic:
African American  Search this
Recreation\leisure\smoking  Search this
Occupation\art\painter  Search this
Portrait male\self-portrait  Search this
Portrait male\waist length  Search this
Object\art tool\artist's brush  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Harmon Foundation
Object number:
1967.59.913
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http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk75d81a77c-212c-48d4-9152-977802bb716e
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edanmdm:saam_1967.59.913

Three Great Abolitionists: A. Lincoln, F. Douglass, J. Brown

Artist:
William H. Johnson, born Florence, SC 1901-died Central Islip, NY 1970  Search this
Sitter:
Abraham Lincoln  Search this
John Brown  Search this
Frederick Douglass  Search this
Medium:
oil on paperboard
Dimensions:
37 3/8 x 34 1/4 in. (94.9 x 87.0 cm.)
Type:
Painting
Date:
ca. 1945
Topic:
History\United States\Black History  Search this
Allegory\civic\unity  Search this
Portrait male  Search this
State of being\death\execution  Search this
Portrait male  Search this
Portrait male  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Harmon Foundation
Object number:
1983.95.51
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http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk71e1cb4ed-b2aa-443d-8bf8-0c5f57164a62
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1983.95.51

Crispus Attucks

Artist:
William H. Johnson, born Florence, SC 1901-died Central Islip, NY 1970  Search this
Sitter:
Crispus Attucks  Search this
Medium:
oil on paperboard
Dimensions:
29 1/2 x 30 7/8 in. (74.9 x 78.4 cm.)
Type:
Painting
Date:
ca. 1945
Topic:
Figure group  Search this
African American  Search this
History\United States\Revolution  Search this
State of being\death\execution  Search this
Portrait male  Search this
History\United States\Boston Massacre  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Harmon Foundation
Object number:
1983.95.53
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http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7637ad3ea-6e0f-4ebe-8fe1-1767efae9689
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edanmdm:saam_1983.95.53

Commodore Peary and Henson at the North Pole

Artist:
William H. Johnson, born Florence, SC 1901-died Central Islip, NY 1970  Search this
Sitter:
Robert Edwin Peary  Search this
Henson  Search this
Medium:
oil on paperboard
Dimensions:
27 5/8 x 35 1/2 in. (70.1 x 90.3 cm)
Type:
Painting
Date:
ca. 1945
Topic:
Waterscape\boat  Search this
African American  Search this
History\exploration\North Pole  Search this
Portrait male  Search this
Portrait male  Search this
Object\other\flag  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Harmon Foundation
Object number:
1983.95.54
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http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7b3c7f6ae-edfa-4db1-a8d3-126e6a6ff711
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edanmdm:saam_1983.95.54

THE MODEL OF SUPER POWER PLAINT (FOLK ART MADE FROM OLD T.V. PARTS)

Artist:
Howard Finster, born Valley Head, AL 1916-died Rome, GA 2001  Search this
Medium:
assembled and painted electronic television parts, painted metal, painted stic, glitter, mirror glass, wood, cardboard, and ceramic
Dimensions:
20 x 6 5/8 x 7 5/8 in. (50.8 x 16.9 x 19.4 cm.)
Type:
Sculpture-Assemblage
Folk Art
Date:
1979
Topic:
Allegory\religion\salvation  Search this
Architecture\industry\power plant  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:
1986.65.245
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Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor, 25B
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/vk7c205fcf6-d6f0-47d6-a46c-5771052ec265
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1986.65.245

Quipu Viscera

Artist:
Cecilia Vicuña, born Santiago, Chile 1948  Search this
Medium:
site-specific installation of dyed and unspun wool
Dimensions:
dimensions variable
Type:
Installation Art
Date:
2017, version 2024
Topic:
Abstract  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the American Women's History Initiative Acquisitions Pool, administered by the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative
Copyright:
© 2023, Cecilia Vicuña
Object number:
2023.28A-B
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edanmdm:saam_2023.28A-B

Uprising of the Mujeres

Artist:
Judith F. Baca, born Los Angeles, CA 1946  Search this
Medium:
acrylic on six wooden panels
Dimensions:
overall: 96 × 288 in. (243.8 × 731.5 cm)
Type:
Painting-Mural
Date:
1979
Topic:
Figure group  Search this
Landscape\farm  Search this
Architecture\industry\factory  Search this
Chicanx  Search this
Occupation\other\reformer  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center, and the Luisita L. and Franz H Denghausen Endowment
Object number:
2019.26A-F
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http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk74489672b-85eb-4fe3-a71a-8e1b75df3551
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_2019.26A-F

Wind and Crepe Myrtle Concerto

Artist:
Alma Thomas, born Columbus, GA 1891-died Washington, DC 1978  Search this
Medium:
acrylic on canvas
Dimensions:
35 x 52 in. (89.0 x 132.2 cm.)
Type:
Painting
Date:
1973
Topic:
Abstract  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Vincent Melzac
Object number:
1975.92.2
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Smithsonian American Art Museum, 1st Floor, North Wing
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edanmdm:saam_1975.92.2

Yellow and Gray

Artist:
Felrath Hines, born Indianapolis, IN 1913-died Silver Spring, MD 1993  Search this
Medium:
oil on linen
Dimensions:
54 1/4 x 48 in. (137.7 x 122.0 cm)
Type:
Painting
Date:
1976
Topic:
Abstract\geometric  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Barbara Fiedler Gallery
Object number:
1978.128
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edanmdm:saam_1978.128

Brunet's Sleeves #1 and #2

Artist:
Christina Ramberg, born Fort Campell, KY 1946-died Naperville, IL 1995  Search this
Medium:
acrylic on fiberboard
Dimensions:
24 x 20 7/8 in. (61.0 x 52.9 cm)
Type:
Painting
Date:
1974
Topic:
Abstract  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the S. W. and B. M. Koffler Foundation
Object number:
1979.53.27
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edanmdm:saam_1979.53.27

Partial Evidences II

Artist:
Ray Yoshida, born Kapaa, HI 1930-died Kauai, Hawaii 2009  Search this
Medium:
acrylic on canvas
Dimensions:
49 3/4 x 45 7/8 in. (126.3 x 116.5 cm.)
Type:
Painting
Date:
1973
Topic:
Abstract  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the S. W. and B. M. Koffler Foundation
Object number:
1979.53.34
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edanmdm:saam_1979.53.34

Stray Cur, Eucalyptus Grove

Artist:
Arthur Okamura, born Long Beach, CA 1932-died Bolina, CA 2009  Search this
Medium:
oil on canvas
Dimensions:
42 1/8 x 77 3/8 in. (107.1 x 196.5 cm.)
Type:
Painting
Date:
1961
Topic:
Animal\dog  Search this
Landscape\tree\eucalyptus tree  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
Object number:
1969.47.33
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edanmdm:saam_1969.47.33

A Matter of Trust

Artist:
Maria Faedo, born Havana, Cuba 1946  Search this
Medium:
paper on fiberglass screen with cotton thread
Dimensions:
72 x 72 x 1/8 in. (183.0 x 183.0 x .3 cm.)
Type:
Sculpture
Date:
1994
Topic:
Abstract  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist
Object number:
1995.21
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1995.21

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