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view The Teacup digital asset number 1

The Teacup

Artist:
Ching Ho Cheng, born Havana, Cuba 1946-died New York City 1989  Search this
Medium:
screenprint
Dimensions:
overall: 21 × 30 in. (53.3 × 76.2 cm)
Type:
Graphic Arts-Print
Date:
1978
Topic:
Allegory\element\fire  Search this
Object\other\dish  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Sybao Cheng-Wilson in memory of our parents, Paifong and Rosita Cheng
Object number:
2020.71.4
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Department:
Graphic Arts
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7e87d2cfc-82f2-47a9-8a5a-58b46f885945
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_2020.71.4
view Strike digital asset number 1

Strike

Artist:
Ching Ho Cheng, born Havana, Cuba 1946-died New York City 1989  Search this
Medium:
screenprint
Dimensions:
overall: 24 × 36 in. (61 × 91.4 cm)
Type:
Graphic Arts-Print
Date:
1978
Topic:
Allegory\element\fire  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Sybao Cheng-Wilson in memory of our parents, Paifong and Rosita Cheng
Object number:
2020.71.6
Restrictions & Rights:
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Department:
Graphic Arts
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk76943b4bd-3070-4618-bcac-baf2872f167b
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_2020.71.6
view The Flame digital asset number 1

The Flame

Artist:
Ching Ho Cheng, born Havana, Cuba 1946-died New York City 1989  Search this
Medium:
screenprint
Dimensions:
overall: 22 1/4 × 24 1/2 in. (56.5 × 62.2 cm)
Type:
Graphic Arts-Print
Date:
1978
Topic:
Allegory\element\fire  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Sybao Cheng-Wilson in memory of our parents, Paifong and Rosita Cheng
Object number:
2020.71.7
Restrictions & Rights:
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Department:
Graphic Arts
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk70e2d1b16-7491-4955-8915-7c832ce7a1d0
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_2020.71.7
view The Match digital asset number 1

The Match

Artist:
Ching Ho Cheng, born Havana, Cuba 1946-died New York City 1989  Search this
Medium:
screenprint
Dimensions:
overall: 36 × 24 in. (91.4 × 61 cm)
Type:
(not assigned)
Date:
1978
Topic:
Allegory\element\fire  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Sybao Cheng-Wilson in memory of our parents, Paifong and Rosita Cheng
Object number:
2020.71.8
Restrictions & Rights:
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Department:
Graphic Arts
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk77f81d0ec-cf7a-4165-a5e6-e8916a5c170a
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_2020.71.8
view Convertible Car Kiln digital asset number 1

Convertible Car Kiln

Artist:
Patti Warashina, born Spokane, WA 1940  Search this
Medium:
earthenware, gold and silver luster glaze, and Plexiglas
Dimensions:
14 1/2 x 35 1/2 x 14 1/2 in. (36.9 x 90.2 x 36.9 cm)
Type:
Decorative Arts-Ceramic
Crafts
Date:
ca. 1971
Topic:
Architecture\vehicle\automobile  Search this
Allegory\element\fire  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the James Renwick Alliance
Copyright:
© Patti Warashina
Object number:
1994.37.1
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Department:
Renwick Gallery
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk70bf1d4ff-82ef-4321-892a-3466e57e4cd6
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1994.37.1
view Fire digital asset number 1

Fire

Artist:
Yayoi Kusama, born Matsumoto, Japan 1929  Search this
Medium:
watercolor, pastel, ink, tempera on paper
Dimensions:
overall: 10 3/4 in. × 8 in. (27.3 × 20.3 cm)
Type:
Drawing
Date:
ca. 1954
Topic:
Abstract  Search this
Allegory\element\fire  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Benton and The Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation
Object number:
2019.32.3
Restrictions & Rights:
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Department:
Graphic Arts
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk765b65655-5848-4851-ae54-6898678aaf5e
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_2019.32.3
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Flame, (sculpture)

Sculptor:
Shaffer, O. V. 1928-2021  Search this
Medium:
Sculpture: Cor-Ten steel and iron, welded; Base: concrete
Type:
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Beloit Memorial Senior High School 1225 Fourth Street Beloit Wisconsin 53511
Date:
1960s
Topic:
Abstract  Search this
Allegory--Element--Fire  Search this
Control number:
IAS WI000255
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_330304
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Sticks of Fire, (sculpture)

Sculptor:
Shaffer, O. V. 1928-2021  Search this
Medium:
Sculpture: stainless steel; Base: brick
Type:
Sculptures-Fountain
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Administered by University of Tampa Maintenance Department 401 West Kennedy Boulevard Tampa Florida 33606
Located University of Tampa H. B. Plant Park Tampa Florida
Date:
Commissioned 1983. Dedicated Jan. 26, 1984
Topic:
Abstract  Search this
Allegory--Element--Fire  Search this
Control number:
IAS FL000209
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_319878
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Flame, (sculpture)

Sculptor:
Emery, Lin 1928-2021  Search this
Medium:
Fabricated aluminum
Type:
Sculptures-Kinetic
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Hunter Museum of Art 10 Bluff View Chattanooga Tennessee 37403
Date:
1982
Topic:
Abstract  Search this
Allegory--Element--Fire  Search this
Control number:
IAS 48850013
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_24884
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Eternal Flame, (sculpture)

Sculptor:
Emery, Lin 1928-2021  Search this
Medium:
Metal, possibly bronze
Type:
Sculptures-Kinetic
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Jewish Community Center 5342 St. Charles Avenue Facade New Orleans Louisiana 70115
Date:
1979
Topic:
Homage--Weinstock, John Nelson  Search this
Allegory--Element--Fire  Search this
Abstract  Search this
Control number:
IAS LA000123
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_320657
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The Flame, (sculpture)

Sculptor:
Emery, Lin 1928-2021  Search this
Assistant:
Walker, Ed  Search this
Medium:
Sculpture: aluminum; Foundation: concrete
Type:
Sculptures-Kinetic
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Administered by City of Lawrence Public Works 6th & Massachusetts Streets Lawrence Kansas 66044
Located City Hall 6th & Massachusetts Streets Lawrence Kansas 66044
Date:
Commissioned 1980. Dedicated July 30, 1982
Topic:
Abstract  Search this
Allegory--Element--Fire  Search this
History--United States--Kansas  Search this
Disaster--Fire  Search this
Literature--Hughes  Search this
Control number:
IAS KS000085
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_321449
view George C. Marshall Medal (reverse) digital asset number 1

George C. Marshall Medal (reverse)

Artist:
Anthony de Francisci, born Palermo, Italy 1887-died New York City 1964  Search this
Medium:
gilded white metal
Dimensions:
4 5/8 in. (11.7 cm) diam.
Type:
Sculpture-Medal
Date:
1946
Topic:
Figure\fragment\hand  Search this
Allegory\element\fire  Search this
Object\weapon\sword  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Gilda Slate
Object number:
1966.110.40
Restrictions & Rights:
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Department:
Painting and Sculpture
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7847990f9-54e4-4dca-9cba-33d1e9c09421
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1966.110.40
view Dance of Air and Fire digital asset number 1

Dance of Air and Fire

Artist:
Paul Manship, born St. Paul, MN 1885-died New York City 1966  Search this
Medium:
bronze on marble base
Dimensions:
9 x 5 x 2 1/4 in. (22.8 x 12.8 x 5.6 cm)
Type:
Sculpture
Date:
1930
Topic:
Figure group\nude  Search this
Ceremony\dance  Search this
Allegory\element\air  Search this
Allegory\element\fire  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Paul Manship
Object number:
1966.47.64
Restrictions & Rights:
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Department:
Painting and Sculpture
On View:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 4th Floor, 49A
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 4th Floor
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7fe44c936-a78e-4568-b789-0c1aaf780fc8
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1966.47.64
view John J. Pershing Medal (reverse) digital asset number 1

John J. Pershing Medal (reverse)

Artist:
Anthony de Francisci, born Palermo, Italy 1887-died New York City 1964  Search this
Medium:
plaster
Dimensions:
9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm) diam.
Type:
Sculpture-Medal
Date:
1946
Topic:
Allegory\element\fire  Search this
Object\weapon\sword  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Anthony de Francisci
Object number:
1966.51.28
Restrictions & Rights:
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Department:
Painting and Sculpture
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk73153797e-86ee-4634-83cd-6e8e3c624ef1
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1966.51.28
view Distilled Fire 11 digital asset number 1

Distilled Fire 11

Artist:
Cynthia Knapton, born Great Neck, NY 1931  Search this
Type:
Graphic Arts-Print
Topic:
Abstract  Search this
Allegory\element\fire  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of HMK Fine Arts
Object number:
1976.7.2
Restrictions & Rights:
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Department:
Graphic Arts
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk77a4ac81e-9b20-4347-ae3a-0b20e20a7776
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1976.7.2
view Man on Fire digital asset number 1

Man on Fire

Artist:
Luis Jiménez, born El Paso, TX 1940-died Hondo, NM 2006  Search this
Medium:
fiberglass in acrylic urethane resin on painted wood fiberboard base
Dimensions:
106 1/4 x 80 1/4 x 29 1/2 in. (269.9 x 203.8 x 74.9 cm)
Type:
Sculpture
Date:
1969
Topic:
Figure male\nude  Search this
Figure male\full length  Search this
Allegory\element\fire  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Philip Morris Incorporated
Copyright:
© 1969, Luis Jiménez
Object number:
1979.124
Restrictions & Rights:
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Department:
Painting and Sculpture
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7aec99f46-5a1f-4989-b88a-c68fa2c5f94b
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1979.124
view "I never mutiny so much against France, that I am not perfectly friends with Paris...I love her tenderly, even to her wars and blemishes...But because it is, in truth my own humour, and peradventure not without some excess, I look upon all men as my compatriots, and embrace a Polander as a Frenchmen, preferring the universal and common tie to all national ties whatever."--Michel de Montaigne. From the series Great Ideas of Western Man. digital asset number 1

"I never mutiny so much against France, that I am not perfectly friends with Paris...I love her tenderly, even to her wars and blemishes...But because it is, in truth my own humour, and peradventure not without some excess, I look upon all men as my compatriots, and embrace a Polander as a Frenchmen, preferring the universal and common tie to all national ties whatever."--Michel de Montaigne. From the series Great Ideas of Western Man.

Artist:
Elaine Urbain, born Wauwatosa, WI 1925-died Milford, CT 2004  Search this
Medium:
glass mounted in plaster mounted in light box
Dimensions:
13 1/8 x 10 1/8 in. (33.3 x 25.7 cm.)
Type:
Decorative Arts-Glass
Date:
1950
Topic:
Figure\fragment\hand  Search this
Allegory\element\fire  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Container Corporation of America
Object number:
1984.124.294
Restrictions & Rights:
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Department:
Decorative Arts
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk71034144e-a8b4-4fad-af34-ab551cada366
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1984.124.294
view Cosmos of the Classical World, from the suite World in a Box digital asset number 1

Cosmos of the Classical World, from the suite World in a Box

Artist:
Mark Dion, born New Bedford, MA 1961  Search this
Medium:
color lithograph
Dimensions:
5 1/2 × 8 1/8 in. (14.1 × 20.6 cm)
Type:
Graphic Arts-Print
Date:
2015
Topic:
Animal\fish  Search this
Waterscape\celestial\moon  Search this
Waterscape\weather\rain  Search this
Allegory\element\water  Search this
Waterscape\weather\cloud  Search this
Waterscape\weather\sun  Search this
Allegory\element\earth  Search this
Allegory\element\fire  Search this
Waterscape\celestial\star  Search this
Architecture Exterior\classical\temple  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase made possible by Edward Kuhlmann
Copyright:
© 2015, Mark Dion
Object number:
2016.27.1.23
Restrictions & Rights:
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Department:
Graphic Arts
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7d328bf6f-2ff2-4d85-b694-a605a28b0e3f
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_2016.27.1.23
view General John J. Pershing Medal (reverse) digital asset number 1

General John J. Pershing Medal (reverse)

Artist:
Anthony de Francisci, born Palermo, Italy 1887-died New York City 1964  Search this
Medium:
gilded white metal
Dimensions:
4 1/2 in. (11.5 cm) diam.
Type:
Sculpture-Medal
Date:
1946
Topic:
Allegory\element\fire  Search this
Object\weapon\sword  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Gilda Slate
Object number:
1966.110.44
Restrictions & Rights:
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Department:
Painting and Sculpture
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7c648e10e-5451-4294-9573-2048b9707ed0
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1966.110.44
view A Great Wonder digital asset number 1

A Great Wonder

Artist:
Mac Raboy, born New York City 1914-died Mt. Kisco, NY 1967  Search this
Medium:
wood engraving on paper
Dimensions:
image: 8 x 6 1/2 in. (20.3 x 16.5 cm)
Type:
Graphic Arts-Print
Date:
ca. 1935-1943
Topic:
Figure group  Search this
Allegory\element\fire  Search this
New Deal\Works Progress Administration, Federal Art Project\New York City  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Jean Nichols
Object number:
1974.38.2
Restrictions & Rights:
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Department:
Graphic Arts
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7c88f3da3-fb36-4e96-940e-919fb7c92268
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1974.38.2

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