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view Love is the Message, The Message is Death digital asset number 1

Love is the Message, The Message is Death

Artist:
Arthur Jafa, born Tupelo, MS 1960  Search this
Sitter:
Jr. Martin Luther King  Search this
Medium:
single-channel high-definition digital video, color, sound; 07:25 minutes
Type:
Media Arts
Date:
2016
Topic:
Figure group  Search this
Ceremony\wedding  Search this
African American  Search this
Allegory\death  Search this
History\United States\Black History  Search this
Allegory\passion\love  Search this
Occupation\other\reformer  Search this
Portrait male  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Joint museum purchase with the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of Nion T. McEvoy, Chair of SAAM Commission (2016-2018), and McEvoy's fellow Commissioners in his honor; additional funding provided by Joseph H. Hirshhorn Bequest Fund, 2020.001.
Copyright:
© 2016, Arthur Jafa. Image courtesy of the artist and Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York / Rome.
Object number:
2020.3
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Department:
Time-Based Media Art
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7acc0078d-bf63-4952-88bd-2901a2fe3cdf
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_2020.3
view Don't Tread on Me, God Damn, Let's Go! - The Harlem Hellfighters digital asset number 1

Don't Tread on Me, God Damn, Let's Go! - The Harlem Hellfighters

Artist:
Bisa Butler, born Orange, NJ 1973  Search this
Medium:
cottons, silk, wool, and velvet
Dimensions:
109 1/2 × 156 in.
Type:
Decorative Arts-Fiber
Date:
2021
Topic:
Figure group\male  Search this
African American  Search this
History\United States\Black History  Search this
History\United States\World War I  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of David Bonderman
Copyright:
© 2022, Bisa Butler
Object number:
2022.25
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
See more items in:
Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
Department:
Renwick Gallery
On View:
Renwick Gallery, 2nd Floor, Room 203
Renwick Gallery, 2nd Floor
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk77c6a8c3d-5139-4855-ae00-9901cd8f924e
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_2022.25
view The Assassination of Medgar, Malcolm, and Martin, from the series Constructing History digital asset number 1

The Assassination of Medgar, Malcolm, and Martin, from the series Constructing History

Artist:
Carrie Mae Weems, born Portland, OR 1953  Search this
Medium:
archival pigment print
Dimensions:
61 1/2 × 51 3/8 × 3 in. (156.2 × 130.5 × 7.6 cm)
Type:
Photography-Photoprint
Date:
2008
Topic:
Figure group  Search this
History  Search this
African American  Search this
History\United States\Black History  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment
Copyright:
© Carrie Mae Weems. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.
Object number:
2022.48.8
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
See more items in:
Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
Department:
Graphic Arts
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk77b78bdd1-ca50-417e-9ad2-79b2e7faa268
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_2022.48.8
No Image Available

Last Moments of John Brown, (painting)

Painter:
Hovenden, Thomas 1840-1895  Search this
Subject:
Brown, John  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Culture:
African American  Search this
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco M. H. de Young Memorial Museum Golden Gate Park San Francisco California 94118 Accession Number: 1979.7.60
Date:
Ca. 1884
Topic:
History--United States--Black History  Search this
Portrait male--Full length  Search this
Occupation--Other--Reformer  Search this
Ethnic  Search this
State of Being--Other--Imprisonment  Search this
Figure group  Search this
Occupation--Military--Soldier  Search this
Architecture exterior--Civic--Prison  Search this
Architecture exterior--Detail--Stairs  Search this
Control number:
IAP 83410066
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_205753
No Image Available

Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial: The Slave, (sculpture)

Title:
Slave, (sculpture)
Sculptor:
Sardeau, Helene 1899-1969  Search this
Medium:
Sculpture: limestone; Base: limestone
Culture:
African American  Search this
Type:
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Coadministered by City of Philadelphia Fairmount Park Commission Memorial Hall, West Park, P. O. Box 21601 Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19131
Coadministered by Fairmount Park Art Association 1616 Walnut Street, Suite 2012 Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19103
Located Fairmount Park Central Terrace, Kelly Drive south of Girard Avenue Bridge Philadelphia Pennsylvania
Date:
Installed 1940
Topic:
Figure male--Full length  Search this
Ethnic  Search this
History--United States--Black History  Search this
State of Being--Other--Enslaved  Search this
State of Being--Other--Imprisonment  Search this
Control number:
IAS 88320070
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_307265
No Image Available

Jailed Children (Children's March), (sculpture)

Title:
Children's March, (sculpture)
Sculptor:
Drake, James 1946-  Search this
Landscape architect:
Grover, Edah Brittain  Search this
Grover Harrison Harrison  Search this
Architect:
Mouton, Grover E. III  Search this
Medium:
Figures: bronze; Wall: steel; Base: concrete
Culture:
African American  Search this
Type:
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Administered by City of Birmingham 710 North 20th Street Birmingham Alabama 35203
Located Kelly Ingram Park 16th Avenue North & 6th Avenue North Birmingham Alabama
Date:
1992. Dedicated Sept. 1992
Topic:
Children  Search this
State of Being--Other--Imprisonment  Search this
Architecture--Civic--Prison  Search this
Ethnic  Search this
History--United States--Black History  Search this
History--United States--Civil Rights Movement  Search this
Control number:
IAS AL000018
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_313983
No Image Available

Living the Dream, (sculpture)

Sculptor:
Brown, Frank J.  Search this
Designer:
Forbes, Derek A.  Search this
Fabricator:
Allied Diversified Masonry Industries  Search this
Perry Masonry  Search this
Founder:
Unknown (Paoli, Wisconsin)  Search this
Subject:
King, Martin Luther, Jr  Search this
Medium:
Portrait relief: bronze; Mural reliefs: stoneware; Base: Indiana limestone
Culture:
African American  Search this
Type:
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures-Relief
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
City of Madison Madison CitiArts 215 Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard Madison Wisconsin 53701
Date:
Copyrighted 1991. Dec. 16, 1991-Feb. 15, 1993. Dedicated Feb. 15, 1993
Topic:
Portrait male--Waist length  Search this
Occupation--Other--Reformer  Search this
Occupation--Religion--Clergy  Search this
Occupation--Political  Search this
Ethnic  Search this
History--United States--Black History  Search this
History--United States--Civil Rights Movement  Search this
State of Being--Other--Imprisonment  Search this
State of Being--Emotion--Sorrow  Search this
Control number:
IAS WI000335
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_333820
No Image Available

Lincoln Memorial, (sculpture)

Title:
Lincoln Statue, (sculpture)
President, (sculpture)
Sculptor:
Cashwan, Samuel Adolph 1900-  Search this
Subject:
Lincoln, Abraham  Search this
Medium:
Sculpture: limestone; Base: concrete
Type:
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Administered by Lincoln Consolidated School District Superintendent's Office 7425 Willis Road Ypsilanti Michigan 48196
Located Lincoln School Whittaker & Willis Roads Augusta Township Michigan
Date:
1938. Dedicated May 4, 1938
Topic:
Portrait male--Full length  Search this
Occupation--Political--President  Search this
Occupation--Law--Lawyer  Search this
Figure group  Search this
State of Being--Other--Imprisonment  Search this
History--United States--Black History  Search this
Control number:
IAS MI000535
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_337887
No Image Available

Into Bondage, (painting)

Painter:
Douglas, Aaron 1899-1979  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Culture:
African American  Search this
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
National Gallery of Art Fourth Street & Constitution Avenue, N.W Washington District of Columbia 20565
Date:
1936
Topic:
History--United States--Black History  Search this
Figure group  Search this
Ethnic  Search this
State of Being--Other--Enslaved  Search this
State of Being--Other--Imprisonment  Search this
Landscape--Coast  Search this
Architecture--Boat--Sailing Ship  Search this
Control number:
IAP 8A600023
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_399545
No Image Available

Study for God's Trombones, (painting)

Painter:
Douglas, Aaron 1899-1979  Search this
Medium:
Tempera on board
Culture:
African American  Search this
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Harmon and Harriet Kelley Foundation for the Arts
Date:
1926
Topic:
History--United States--Black History  Search this
Figure male--Full length  Search this
Ethnic  Search this
State of Being--Other--Imprisonment  Search this
State of Being--Other--Enslaved  Search this
Landscape  Search this
Study  Search this
Control number:
IAP 8A600036
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_399558
No Image Available

Lincoln with Liberty Unshackled, (sculpture)

Title:
Emancipation Group, (sculpture)
Sculptor:
Ball, Thomas 1819-1911  Search this
Subject:
Lincoln, Abraham  Search this
Medium:
Bronze
Culture:
African American  Search this
Type:
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Harvard University Harvard University Portrait Collection Houghton Library Cambridge Massachusetts 02138 Accession Number: B63
Date:
1865
Topic:
Portrait male  Search this
Occupation--Political--President  Search this
Occupation--Law--Lawyer  Search this
Allegory--Civic--Liberty  Search this
Figure group--Male  Search this
State of Being--Other--Enslaved  Search this
Ethnic  Search this
History--United States--Civil War  Search this
History--United States--Black History  Search this
Control number:
IAS 77000341
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_10472
No Image Available

Freedman, (sculpture)

Sculptor:
Ward, John Quincy Adams 1830-1910  Search this
Medium:
Plaster, tinted yellow ochre
Culture:
African American  Search this
Type:
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Broad & Cherry Streets Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19102 Accession Number: 1866.2
Date:
1863
Topic:
Figure male--Full length  Search this
Allegory--Civic--Liberty  Search this
State of Being--Other--Enslaved  Search this
Ethnic  Search this
History--United States--Black History  Search this
Control number:
IAS 77001597
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_12382
No Image Available

The Emancipated Slave, (sculpture)

Title:
Freedman, (sculpture)
Sculptor:
Ward, John Quincy Adams 1830-1910  Search this
Medium:
Bronze
Culture:
African American  Search this
Type:
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Cincinnati Art Museum Eden Park Cincinnati Ohio 45202-1596 Accession Number: 1921.502
Date:
1863
Topic:
Figure male--Full length  Search this
State of Being--Other--Enslaved  Search this
Ethnic  Search this
History--United States--Black History  Search this
Allegory--Civic--Liberty  Search this
Control number:
IAS 75006621
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_13881
No Image Available

Slave Auction at Court House Door, (painting)

Painter:
Arevalo  Search this
Culture:
African American  Search this
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Missouri Historical Society St. Louis Missouri 63112
Topic:
History--United States--Black History  Search this
Figure group  Search this
Ethnic  Search this
State of Being--Other--Enslaved  Search this
Architecture exterior--Civic--Courthouse  Search this
Control number:
IAP 71930400
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_157483
No Image Available

(Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society Pediment reliefs), (sculpture)

Sculptor:
Amateis, Edmond 1897-1981  Search this
Subject:
Lafayette, Marquis de  Search this
Perry  Search this
Bidwell, Daniel D  Search this
Red Jacket  Search this
Ellicott, Joseph  Search this
McKinley, William  Search this
Medium:
Stone
Culture:
French  Search this
African American  Search this
Indian  Search this
Type:
Sculptures-Pediment
Sculptures-Relief
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society 25 Nottingham Court Buffalo New York 14216
Topic:
Occupation--Political--President  Search this
Portrait male  Search this
Occupation--Military--General  Search this
Dress--Uniform--Military Uniform  Search this
Ethnic  Search this
History--United States--New York  Search this
Landscape--New York--Buffalo  Search this
Disaster--Fire  Search this
History--United States--Battle of Lake Erie  Search this
Waterscape--Lake--Lake Erie  Search this
History--United States--Black History  Search this
State of Being--Other--Enslaved  Search this
Object--Weapon--Gun  Search this
History--United States--Civil War  Search this
Landscape--Virginia--Spottsylvania  Search this
Ethnic--Seneca  Search this
Dress--Ethnic--Indian Dress  Search this
Ceremony--Civic--Trial  Search this
Occupation--Other--Explorer  Search this
Dress--Historic--Eighteenth Century Dress  Search this
Mythology--Classical--Centaur  Search this
Control number:
IAS 76004835
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_15783
No Image Available

Emancipation Monument, (sculpture)

Title:
Lincoln Emancipation, (sculpture)
Freedom's Memorial, (sculpture)
Sculptor:
Ball, Thomas 1819-1911  Search this
Architect:
Babcock, O. E.  Search this
Founder:
Royal Foundry  Search this
Subject:
Lincoln, Abraham  Search this
Archer, Alexander  Search this
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite with bronze plaques
Culture:
African American  Search this
Type:
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Administered by United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Washington District of Columbia
Located Lincoln Park East Capitol & 11th Streets, N.E Washington District of Columbia
Date:
Modeled 1874. Cast 1875. Dedicated April 14, 1876
Topic:
Portrait male--Full length  Search this
Occupation--Political--President  Search this
Occupation--Law--Lawyer  Search this
Figure male--Full length  Search this
State of Being--Other--Enslaved  Search this
History--United States--Black History  Search this
History--United States--Emancipation Proclamation  Search this
Ethnic  Search this
Control number:
IAS 76004862
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_15809
No Image Available

Emancipation Group, (sculpture)

Sculptor:
Ball, Thomas 1819-1911  Search this
Founder:
Royal Foundry  Search this
Subject:
Lincoln, Abraham  Search this
Washington, George  Search this
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite
Culture:
African American  Search this
Type:
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Administered by City of Boston Office of Cultural Affairs Boston City Hall, Room 716 Boston Massachusetts 02201
Located Park Square Boston Massachusetts
Date:
Modeled 1874. Cast 1877 or 1879
Topic:
Portrait male--Full length  Search this
Occupation--Political--President  Search this
Occupation--Law--Lawyer  Search this
Figure male--Full length  Search this
Ethnic  Search this
State of Being--Other--Enslaved  Search this
Portrait male  Search this
History--United States--Civil War  Search this
History--United States--Black History  Search this
Control number:
IAS 76008840
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_19571
No Image Available

Slaves Escaping to Freedom by the Underground Railroad, (painting)

Painter:
Weber, Charles T. 1825-1911  Search this
Culture:
African American  Search this
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Cincinnati Art Museum Eden Park Cincinnati Ohio 45202-1596
Topic:
History--United States--Underground Railroad  Search this
History--United States--Black History  Search this
Figure group  Search this
Ethnic  Search this
State of Being--Other--Enslaved  Search this
Landscape--Season--Winter  Search this
Landscape--Weather--Snow  Search this
Control number:
IAP 81881059
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_219879
No Image Available

The Fugitive's Story, (sculpture)

Sculptor:
Rogers, John H. 1829-1904  Search this
Subject:
Garrison, William Lloyd  Search this
Beecher, Henry Ward  Search this
Whittier, John Greenleaf  Search this
Medium:
Plaster
Culture:
African American  Search this
Type:
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Durham Center Museum, Inc East Durham New York 12423
Date:
September 7, 1869
Topic:
Ethnic  Search this
State of Being--Other--Enslaved  Search this
Portrait male  Search this
History--United States--Black History  Search this
Control number:
IAS 34260011
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_23557
No Image Available

The Fugitive's Story, (sculpture)

Sculptor:
Rogers, John H. 1829-1904  Search this
Subject:
Whittier, John Greenleaf  Search this
Garrison, William Lloyd  Search this
Beecher, Henry Ward  Search this
Medium:
Painted plaster
Culture:
African American  Search this
Type:
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Yale University Art Gallery 1111 Chapel Street New Haven Connecticut 06520 Accession Number: 1932.199
Date:
Patented Sept. 7, 1869
Topic:
Ethnic  Search this
State of Being--Other--Enslaved  Search this
Portrait male  Search this
History--United States--Black History  Search this
Control number:
IAS 07260231
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_28055

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