Record Human nature is originally good. Any evil in it results from the changes made upon it by external things. Of man's first disobedience and the fruit of that forbidden tree whose mortal taste brought death into the world for all our woe. --Lu Wang (1139-1192), Chinese Philosopher and John Milton's Paradise Lost. From the series Great Ideas. | Collections Search Center, Smithsonian Institution

Human nature is originally good. Any evil in it results from the changes made upon it by external things. Of man's first disobedience and the fruit of that forbidden tree whose mortal taste brought death into the world for all our woe. --Lu Wang (1139-1192), Chinese Philosopher and John Milton's Paradise Lost. From the series Great Ideas.

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Artist:: Jacob Landau, born Philadelphia, PA 1917 Search this

Medium:: watercolor on paperboard mounted on board

Dimensions:: sheet: 17 5/8 x 22 1/8 in. (44.7 x 56.1 cm)

Type:: Painting

Date:: 1960

Topic:: Abstract Search this; Figure Search this; Animal\reptile\snake Search this; State of being\evil\temptation Search this

Credit Line:: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Container Corporation of America

Object number:: 1984.124.168

Restrictions & Rights:: Usage conditions apply

See more items in:: Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection

Department:: Graphic Arts

Data Source:: Smithsonian American Art Museum

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EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:saam_1984.124.168