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"False facts are highly injurious to the progress of science, for they often endure long; but false views, if supported by some evidence, do little harm, for everyone takes a salutary pleasure in proving their falseness; and when this is done, one path towards error is closed and the road to truth is often at the same time opened."--Charles Darwin on false facts vs. false views, The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, 1871. From the series Great Ideas of Western Man.

Catalog Data

Artist:
Hans Moller, born Wuppertal, Germany 1905-died Allentown, PA 2000  Search this
Medium:
gouache on paperboard
Dimensions:
sheet: 14 7/8 x 10 1/8 in. (37.8 x 25.7 cm)
Type:
Painting
Date:
1954
Topic:
Abstract  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Container Corporation of America
Object number:
1984.124.217
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
Department:
Graphic Arts
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7352973d9-0892-4a67-98f8-77d6540feeb7
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1984.124.217