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Framed needlepoint artwork sewn by Julian F. Abele

Created by:
Julian Francis Abele, American, 1881 - 1950  Search this
Medium:
(a) yarn and textile
(b) wood with glass and metal
Dimensions:
H x W x D (framed): 20 7/8 × 20 1/2 × 1 1/2 in. (53 × 52 × 3.8 cm)
Type:
art objects
Place made:
United States, North and Central America
Date:
20th Century
Topic:
African American  Search this
Art  Search this
Craftsmanship  Search this
Design  Search this
Credit Line:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Peter Cook in honor of Julian Francis Abele and Julian Abele Cook, Sr.
Object number:
2021.95.4ab
Restrictions & Rights:
© Estate of Julian Abele Cook Sr.
Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Classification:
Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design
Textiles
Data Source:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5ed7543bc-883e-4bff-80fe-069532b08a6e
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmaahc_2021.95.4ab
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Tutankhamun in Toronto Geoffrey Wall and Chris Knapper

Author:
Wall, Geoffrey  Search this
Author:
Knapper, Christopher  Search this
Subject:
Art Gallery of Ontario  Search this
Physical description:
xiii, 113 pages illustrations 23 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Expositions
Exhibition catalogs
Place:
Ontario
Toronto
Égypte
Date:
1981
Topic:
Art museums--Economic aspects  Search this
Art museums--Social aspects  Search this
Art museum attendance  Search this
Art objects, Egyptian  Search this
Art--Expositions--Aspect économique  Search this
Art--Expositions--Aspect social  Search this
Art--Expositions--Public--Statistiques  Search this
Musées d'art--Fréquentation  Search this
Objets d'art égyptiens  Search this
Tombs  Search this
Antiquités  Search this
Expositions  Search this
Call number:
NX430.C32 T68
NX430.C32T68
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_146152

Hiroshi Sugimoto on transforming the Hirshhorn Museum's lobby

Creator:
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden  Search this
Type:
YouTube Videos
Uploaded:
2018-02-15T22:31:58.000Z
YouTube Category:
Education  Search this
Topic:
Art, modern  Search this
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hirshhornmuseum
Data Source:
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
YouTube Channel:
hirshhornmuseum
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:yt_QJlrLI9ptJI

Portrait of Princess Shouzang (1829–1856), Fifth Daughter of Emperor Daoguang

Sitter:
Princess Shou-Zang of the Second Rank 壽臧和碩公主 (1829-1856)  Search this
Medium:
Hanging scroll; ink and colors on silk
Dimensions:
H x W (image): 188.6 x 102.1 cm (74 1/4 x 40 3/16 in)
H x W (overall): 314.7 x 142.5 cm (123 7/8 x 56 1/8 in)
Type:
Painting
Origin:
China
Date:
1644-1911
Period:
Qing dynasty
Topic:
portrait  Search this
dragon  Search this
Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)  Search this
woman  Search this
chair  Search this
carpet  Search this
China  Search this
Chinese Art  Search this
Pritzlaff collection  Search this
Credit Line:
Purchase — Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program and partial gift of Richard G. Pritzlaff
Accession Number:
S1991.122
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
Related Online Resources:
Google Cultural Institute
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
Data Source:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye30aa6be8b-6f5b-4ff0-9482-4eba110c8f82
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fsg_S1991.122

Medals, Art Objects, etc.

Collection Collector:
Watkins, J. Elfreth (John Elfreth), 1852-1903  Search this
Collection Creator:
White, John H., 1933-  Search this
Container:
Box 64, Folder 13
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Collection Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Collection Citation:
Division of Transportation Railroad Reference Files, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
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Division of Transportation Railroad Reference Files
Division of Transportation Railroad Reference Files / Series 4: Railroad Companies and Lines
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8d17920bd-4205-4f5f-95fb-9c25e9636001
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0523-ref792

Stamp Stories: Dragons

Creator:
National Postal Museum  Search this
Type:
YouTube Videos
Uploaded:
2022-01-27T15:33:37.000Z
YouTube Category:
Education  Search this
Topic:
Postal service;Letter mail handling;Stamp collecting  Search this
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SmithsonianNPM
Data Source:
National Postal Museum
YouTube Channel:
SmithsonianNPM
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:yt_wf7TNeZGnOo

Conservation & Exhibition Planning: Material Testing for Design, Display, & Packing - Session 4

Creator:
Smithsonian American Art Museum  Search this
Type:
YouTube Videos
Uploaded:
2016-04-05T16:02:31.000Z
YouTube Category:
Education  Search this
Topic:
Art, American  Search this
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americanartmuseum
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
YouTube Channel:
americanartmuseum
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:yt_Gbj0QUkZb4A

Conservation & Exhibition Planning: Material Testing for Design, Display, & Packing - Session 2

Creator:
Smithsonian American Art Museum  Search this
Type:
YouTube Videos
Uploaded:
2016-04-05T16:02:31.000Z
YouTube Category:
Education  Search this
Topic:
Art, American  Search this
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americanartmuseum
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
YouTube Channel:
americanartmuseum
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:yt_NopAXflzy1Q

Conservation & Exhibition Planning: Material Testing for Design, Display, & Packing - Session 3

Creator:
Smithsonian American Art Museum  Search this
Type:
YouTube Videos
Uploaded:
2016-04-05T16:02:31.000Z
YouTube Category:
Education  Search this
Topic:
Art, American  Search this
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americanartmuseum
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
YouTube Channel:
americanartmuseum
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:yt_Pjs-H0MBkiY

Conservation & Exhibition Planning: Material Testing for Design, Display, & Packing - Session 1

Creator:
Smithsonian American Art Museum  Search this
Type:
YouTube Videos
Uploaded:
2016-04-05T16:02:31.000Z
YouTube Category:
Education  Search this
Topic:
Art, American  Search this
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americanartmuseum
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
YouTube Channel:
americanartmuseum
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:yt_w2yyde1dBeE

John Folinsbee [photograph] / (photographed by Peter A. Juley & Son)

Photographic firm:
Peter A. Juley & Son  Search this
Subject:
Folinsbee, John  Search this
Type:
Photograph
Topic:
Portrait male--Knee length  Search this
Portrait male--Occupation--Artist  Search this
Occupation--Art--Painter  Search this
Object--Art Object--Painting  Search this
State of Being--Disabled  Search this
Image number:
JUL J0001591
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Photograph Study Collection
Data Source:
Photograph Study Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_jul_1591

Untitled

Artist:
Joe B. Ramos, born Salinas, CA 1949  Search this
Medium:
gelatin silver print
Type:
Photography-Photoprint
Topic:
State of being\illness\wound  Search this
Dress\accessory\cane  Search this
Figure male\child\knee length  Search this
Architecture Exterior\detail\wall  Search this
Object\art object\photograph  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Endowment for the Arts
Object number:
1983.63.1082
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/vk78e8d1403-bc60-4ee1-8f3a-bc942384a2dd
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1983.63.1082

Harmer Rooke Numismatists, Ltd., Harmer Rooke Galleries presents "The best of '93" : absentee auction 54, closing date: July 28th, at 5:30 p.m. : featuring an outstanding offering of 700 items : Harmer Rooke Galleries ... Saturday, by appointment

Title:
Harmer Rooke Galleries proudly presents "The best of '93" ... bottles, glass & advertising
Best of '93
Author:
Harmer Rooke Galleries (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Harmer Rooke Numismatics, Ltd  Search this
Subject:
Harmer Rooke Galleries (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Physical description:
[118] p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Date:
1993
[1993]
Topic:
Bottles  Search this
Glass  Search this
Art objects  Search this
Call number:
NK5440.B6 H28 1993
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_460723

Conservation & Exhibition Planning: Material Testing for Design, Display, & Packing - Session 5

Creator:
Smithsonian American Art Museum  Search this
Type:
YouTube Videos
Uploaded:
2016-04-05T16:02:31.000Z
YouTube Category:
Education  Search this
Topic:
Art, American  Search this
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americanartmuseum
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
YouTube Channel:
americanartmuseum
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:yt_6IsF1KqdtNA

Tōyei shukō / Kunaishō hen

Title:
東瀛珠光 / 宮內省編
Former owner:
Freer, Charles Lang 1854-1919 DSI-F  Search this
Author:
Japan Kunaishō  Search this
Subject:
Shōsōin (Nara-shi, Japan)  Search this
Physical description:
6 v. : col. ill. ; 50 cm
Type:
Catalogs
Place:
Japan
Nara-shi
Date:
1908
1909
Meiji 41-42 [1908-1909]
Topic:
Art  Search this
Art objects, Japanese  Search this
Call number:
709.52 .J2
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_862913

Francis Patrick Garvan papers, 1912-1953

Creator:
Garvan, Mabel Brady  Search this
Garvan, Francis P., 1875-1937,  Search this
Subject:
Nutting, Wallace  Search this
Kimball, Fiske  Search this
Phillips, John Marshall  Search this
Halsey, R. T. Haines (Richard Townley Haines)  Search this
Ensko, Robert  Search this
Keough, Andrew  Search this
Jones, E. Alfred (Edward Alfred)  Search this
Day, George Parmly  Search this
Bigelow, Francis Hill  Search this
Macbeth Gallery  Search this
Garvan Collection (Yale University)  Search this
Yale University  Search this
American Art Association  Search this
Parke-Bernet Galleries  Search this
O'Reilly's Plaza Art Galleries  Search this
Type:
Photographs
Citation:
Francis Patrick Garvan papers, 1912-1953. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
Decorative arts  Search this
Decorative arts -- Collectors and collecting -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
Art -- Collectors and collecting  Search this
Theme:
Patronage  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)8176
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)210347
AAA_collcode_garvfran
Theme:
Patronage
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_210347
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Letterpress book. Volume 12, 1903 October 15 - 1904 January 23

Collection Creator:
Freer, Charles Lang, 1856-1919  Search this
Container:
Box 43, Folder 2
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.
Collection Citation:
Charles Lang Freer Papers. FSA A.01. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of the estate of Charles Lang Freer.
See more items in:
Charles Lang Freer Papers
Charles Lang Freer Papers / Series 2: Correspondence / 2.2: Charles Lang Freer Letterpress Books, 1892-1910
Archival Repository:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc32c9750c2-6a1e-44f9-a85c-78838d98bd20
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-fsa-a-01-ref652
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Walker Evans photographs

Photographer:
Evans, Walker, 1903-1975  Search this
Extent:
225 Photographic prints (silver gelatin (3 boxes), black & white, 8 x 10 in.)
Container:
Box 1
Box 2
Box 3
Culture:
Mpongwe (African people)  Search this
Mende (African people)  Search this
Mama (African people)  Search this
Lumbu  Search this
Yoruba (African people)  Search this
Punu (African people)  Search this
Kuba (African people)  Search this
Boki (African people)  Search this
Asante (African people)  Search this
Dogon (African people)  Search this
Baule (African people)  Search this
Ijo (African people)  Search this
Fang (West African people)  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Black-and-white photographs
Place:
Africa
Nigeria
Côte d'Ivoire
Date:
1935
Summary:
Peoples and kingdoms whose art works are shown include the Asante, Baule, Benin, Boki, Dogon, Fang (Pahouin), Ijo, Kuba, Lumbu, Mama, Mende, Mpongwe, Punu and Yoruba. Objects depicted include garments, doors, fly whisks, gold weights, headrests, jewelry, masks, musical instrument such as bells and rhythym pounders, power figures, pipes, staff finials, stools and wood sculptures of men and women.
Biographical/Historical note:
Walker Evans, 1903-1975, photographer and educator. Studied at Williams College in 1923 and the Sorbonne in Paris in 1926, worked as a photographer for the Farm Security administration from 1935 to 1937, worked as a contributing editor to Time magazine from 1943 to 1945, and served as an associate editor and staff photographer at Fortune magazine from 1946 to 1965. Mr. Evans also taught graphic arts at Yale University and served as artist-in-residence at Dartmouth College.
General note:
Images indexed by negative number.
Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Rights:
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Topic:
Art objects  Search this
Genre/Form:
Black-and-white photographs
Photographic prints
Identifier:
EEPA.1985-010
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Walker Evans photographs
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo77773fd1f-a9ce-4f87-b46f-a45e7c2568a3
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-eepa-1985-010

Dan mask Côte d'Ivoire

Photographer:
Elisofon, Eliot  Search this
Collection Photographer:
Evans, Walker, 1903-1975  Search this
Extent:
1 Photographic print (b&w, 24 x 17 cm.)
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Black-and-white photographs
Place:
Africa
Côte d'Ivoire
Date:
1935
Scope and Contents:
Photograph by Walker Evans in 1935 of a mask displayed in an exhibit of the same year entitled 'African Negro Art' in the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Original catalog caption reads, "Mask, Ivory Coast, Dan. Wood, 9 7/8 inches high. Collection Charles Ratton, Paris."
Local Numbers:
Evans 101
General:
Title source: Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Citation source: Archives staff.
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Collection Rights:
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Topic:
Art objects  Search this
Genre/Form:
Black-and-white photographs
Photographic prints
Identifier:
EEPA.1985-010, Item EEPA 1985-100101
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Walker Evans photographs
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo70c73f553-a336-44d0-94af-797ebcb3a090
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-1985-010-ref518

Baule bobbins Côte d'Ivoire

Photographer:
Elisofon, Eliot  Search this
Collection Photographer:
Evans, Walker, 1903-1975  Search this
Extent:
1 Photographic print (b&w, 8 x 10 in.)
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Black-and-white photographs
Place:
Africa
Côte d'Ivoire
Date:
1935
Scope and Contents:
Photograph by Walker Evans in 1935 of two Baule bobbins displayed in an exhibit of the same year entitled 'African Negro Art' in the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Original catalog caption reads, "Two bobbins, Ivory Coast, Baule, Ivory Coast. Baule. Wood, 7 and 9 inches high. Collection Percier, Paris and Mme. Helena Rubinstein, New York."
Local Numbers:
Evans 129
General:
Title source: Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Citation source: Archives staff.
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Collection Rights:
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Topic:
Art objects  Search this
Genre/Form:
Black-and-white photographs
Photographic prints
Identifier:
EEPA.1985-010, Item EEPA 1985-100129
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Walker Evans photographs
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7676f97ef-b123-465e-af91-3779bea85f0d
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-1985-010-ref519

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