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Creator:

Shahn, Ben, 1898-1969  Search this

Names:

Baskin, Leonard, 1922-2000  Search this

Delano, Jack  Search this

Evans, Walker, 1903-1975  Search this

Osborn, Robert Chesley, 1904-1994  Search this

Rivera, Diego, 1886-1957  Search this

Robbins, Jerome  Search this

Soyer, Raphael, 1899-1987  Search this

Extent:

25.1 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Motion pictures (visual works)

Sketchbooks

Video recordings

Drawings

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1879-1990

bulk 1933-1970

Summary:

The papers of social realist painter, photographer, printmaker, and teacher Ben Shahn (1898-1969) measure 25.1 linear feet and date from 1879-1990, with the bulk of the material dating from 1933-1970. The bulk of the collection consists of over 14 linear feet of incoming letters from artists, writers, colleagues, publishers, art organizations, galleries, and universities and colleges. Also found are biographical materials, project and source files, printed material, artwork by Shahn and others, photographs taken of and by Shahn, interview transcripts, sound recordings of interviews and a motion picture film.

Scope and Contents note:

The papers of social realist painter, photographer, illustrator, printmaker, and teacher Ben Shahn (1898-1969) measure 25.1 linear feet and date from 1879-1990, with the bulk of the material dating from 1933-1970. The bulk of the collection consists of over 14 linear feet of incoming letters from artists, writers, colleagues, publishers, art organizations, galleries, and universities and colleges. Also found are biographical materials, project and source files, printed material, artwork by Shahn and others, photographs taken of and by Shahn, interview transcripts, sound recordings of interviews and a motion picture film.

Biographical material and family records include a 1924 passport for Shahn and his first wife, Tillie, biographical sketches of Shahn, and award certificates received by him.

Letters are primarily written to Shahn from family members, artists, writers, colleagues, publishers, art organizations, galleries, and universities and colleges. Notable correspondents include Leonard Baskin, Alexander Calder, Dorothea Lange, Walker Evans, Joseph Hirsch, Leo Lionni, John Bartlow Martin, George and Marian Nakashima, Clifford Odets, Charles Olson, Robert Osborn, Diego Rivera, Jerome Robbins, Selden Rodman, James Thrall Soby, Raphael Soyer, and William Carlos Williams. A small number of scattered letters from Shahn can also be found throughout the series.

Project files document approximately twenty-one of Shahn's commissions, including murals for the community center at Jersey Homesteads, the Bronx Central Annex Post Office, the Social Security Building in Washington D.C. , and the William E. Grady Vocational High School. The files also document his involvement in the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial in Roosevelt, in addition to projects for schools, temples and private homes.

Financial and legal records include consignment records, loan agreements, royalty statements and receipts for artwork sold.

Notes and writings are by Shahn and others including Alan Dugan, W. H. Ferry, Theodore Gusten, and John Bartlow Martin. They include lists of artwork, many of which are annotated.

Artwork includes a sketchbook and several unbound sketches and lettering by Shahn, in addition to drawings and prints by others including Shahn's children, Mario Casetta and Stefan Martin.

Source files contain printed material and photographs relating to topics depicted by Shahn in his artwork such as children, dams, farming, houses, industry, mines and miners, slums, war and workers. These files also contain scattered photographic prints by FSA and OWI photographers including Shahn, Jack Delano, Walker Evans, Dorothea Lange, Russell Lee, Carl Mydans, Marion Post Wolcott, Arthur Rothstein, and John Vachon.

Printed material includes news clippings covering Shahn and his career as well as subjects of interest to Shahn. Also found are exhibition catalogs and announcements for exhibitions for Shahn and others, and reproductions of Shahn's artwork including publications illustrated by him.

Photographs are of Shahn, his family and friends and colleagues including Alexander Calder, Jerome Robbins, Charles Sheeler, David Smith and William Zorach. Also included are photographs taken by Shahn of New York City and for the FSA in the 1930s, as well as photographs of artwork by Shahn. Photographs by others include one photo each by Walker Evans, Dorothea Lange, Russell Lee and Arthur Rothstein.

The collection also contains transcripts of eight radio, television and motion picture interviews of Shahn and a reel of 16mm motion picture film from the BBC-TV program "Monitor," in addition to sound recordings of interviews of Shahn by Tony Schwartz and Arlene Francis. Artifacts include a Christmas greeting in the form of a sock.

Arrangement note:

The collection is arranged as 12 series:

Missing Title

Series 1: Biographical and Family Records, 1879-1984 (Box 1, OV 36; 0.2 linear ft.)

Series 2: Letters, 1929-1990 (Boxes 1-25, 35, 43, OVs 36-38; 14.5 linear ft.)

Series 3: Project Files, 1933-1975 (Boxes 25-26; OVs 36-37; 1.03 linear ft.)

Series 4: Financial and Legal Records, 1934-1988 (Boxes 26-27, 35; 0.81 linear ft.)

Series 5: Notes and Writings, circa 1933-1988 (Boxes 27-28, 43; 1.72 linear ft.)

Series 6: Artwork, circa 1930s-1965 (Boxes 28, 35; 11 folders)

Series 7: Source Files, circa 1900s-1960s (Boxes 28-30, 35; 1.81 linear ft.)

Series 8: Printed Material, 1912-1988 (Boxes 30-33, 35, OV 39; 3.22 linear ft.)

Series 9: Photographs, circa 1900-1969 (Boxes 33-35; 0.86 linear ft.)

Series 10: Interview Transcripts, 1943-1968 (Box 34; 0.25 linear ft.)

Series 11: Audio and Video Recordings, 1959-1968 (Box 34; 0.25 linear ft.)

Series 12: Artifacts, circa 1930s-circa 1960s (Box 34; 2 items)

Biographical/Historical note:

Ben Shahn (1898-1969) was a social realist painter, muralist, printmaker, photographer, illustrator, and educator who worked primarily in Brooklyn, New York and New Jersey. He was most active in the 1930s through the 1950s and worked on several federally funded arts projects, including the Farm Security Administration's photographic documentation project of rural America during the Depression.

Ben Shahn was born in Kovno, Lithuania and immigrated with his family to the United States in 1906 where he settled in Brooklyn, and later Roosevelt, New Jersey, after becoming a naturalized citizen in 1918.

Following an apprenticeship as a lithographer from 1913-1917, Shahn studied at New York University, the City College of New York, and the National Academy of Design from 1919-1922. He married Tillie Goldstein in 1922 and they had two children, Judith and Ezra.

Two years after Shahn's first solo exhibition at the Downtown Gallery in 1930, his Passion of Sacco and Vanzetti, a series of 23 gouaches about the Sacco and Vanzetti trial of the 1920s, was exhibited at the Downtown Gallery to critical and public acclaim. The exhibition marked the beginning of Shahn's reputation as one of the most important social realist painters in America. Shahn's commitment to social and political justice found a natural outlet in mural painting when, in 1933, he was hired to assist Diego Rivera on the labor and industry mural Man at the Crossroads, for New York City's Rockefeller Center. The mural was destroyed amid controversy in 1933 before it was completed, but Shahn had learned much about the art of fresco painting during the project and was inspired by the potential of the mural as a unique art form for presenting life's struggles and stories to a large public audience. Between 1933 and 1937 Shahn worked on various murals for other buildings, including New York's Central Park Casino (circa 1934) and Riker's Island Prison (1934), none of which saw completion. In 1937, however, the Farm Security Administration (FSA) commissioned Shahn to execute a mural for the Community Center in the town of Jersey Homesteads, later Roosevelt, New Jersey, which Shahn completed in 1938. Shahn settled in Jersey Homesteads the following year and remained there for the rest of his life. Other important mural commissions followed for the Bronx Central Post office (1939) and the Social Security Building in Washington DC (1942).

One of Shahn's assistants on the Jersey Homesteads mural was Bernarda Bryson, whom he had met in 1933 when she came to New York to interview Rivera about the Rockefeller Center mural controversy for an Ohio newspaper. Shahn and Bryson became lifetime companions and had three children, Susanna, Jonathan and Abigail, although they did not marry until shortly before Shahn's death in 1969. Shahn and Tillie Goldstein were divorced in 1944.

Shahn had enrolled with the federal Public Works of Art Project in 1934, and between 1935 and 1938 he and Bryson travelled across country as Shahn photographed poverty-stricken areas and documented rural life for the Farm Security Administration (FSA) and the Resettlement Agency. Shahn's interest in photography developed in the early 1930s when, encouraged by his friendship with Walker Evans, he began photographing street scenes and people in New York City. He later used the images as the basis for many of his prints and paintings.

In 1942 Shahn began working for the Office of War Information (OWI) and was instructed to produce posters and pamphlets explaining to citizens the necessities of wartime, such as the need for secrecy and food rationing. Ultimately, only two of Shahn's posters were ever used; the rest were rejected as being too harsh for their intended audience. Shahn later worked for the Congress of Industrial Organization Political Action Committee (CIO-PAC), producing posters for the 1944 campaign to re-elect Roosevelt, who he believed in deeply. He was promoted to director of the CIO's Graphic Arts Division for the 1946 congressional campaign following Roosevelt's death, but that job ended when the election went poorly for the Democratic party.

Shahn returned increasingly to painting and a retrospective of his work was held at the Museum of Modern Art in 1947. He also became more active in academia as an accomplished writer, teacher and lecturer. He received honorary doctorates from Princeton University and Harvard University, and become the Charles Eliot Norton professor at Harvard in 1956. Shahn's Norton lectures were collected and published as the influential The Shape of Content in 1957. He also began to work as a commercial artist for a variety of companies and publications including CBS, Time, Harper's, and the Container Corporation of America. Shahn believed, however, that the artist's ideas and integrity must always be reflected in his commercial art. He refused to compromise on this point and was very selective in his choice of commercial commissions. Shahn illustrated many books and articles, designed sets for stage productions such as New York Export: Opus Jazz, choreographed by Jerome Robbins, and designed mural mosaics for synagogues, universities and private homes.

Since the 1930s Shahn had been represented by Edith Halpert at the Downtown Gallery, but his relationship with her was always contentious on the subject of payments Shahn received for commercial work, and became increasingly so as his income from such sources increased. Finally, in 1968, Shahn wrote to Halpert telling her that after ten years of "an accumulation of ill-feeling, discomfort and recrimination between us" he felt compelled to end their dealer-artist relationship.

By the time of Shahn's break with Halpert his health had begun to fail. He died of a heart attack following surgery in a New York City hospital on March 14, 1969.

Related Archival Materials note:

The Archives of American Art holds four oral history interviews with Ben Shahn: 1964 Apr. 14 interview conducted by Richard K. Doud for the Archives of American Art New Deal and the Arts Project in which Shahn speaks of his travels and work for the Farm Security Administration (FSA) and the American image as portrayed by FSA; 1965 Jan. 17 interview; 1965 Oct. 3. interview conducted by Harlan Phillips for the Archives of American Art New Deal and the Arts Project; and 1968 Sept. 27 interview conducted by Forrest Selvig. Most of these interviews have transcripts available online.

The Archives also holds the Bernarda Bryson Shahn papers, circa 1947-2005, and two oral history interviews with Bernarda Bryson Shahn: 1983 Apr. 29 and 1995 July 3.

Separated Materials note:

The Archives of American Art also holds material lent for microfilming (reel N70-6) including addresses and essays by Shahn, seven royalty statements, and three letters from publishers. Many of the writings found on this reel were included in subsequent donations. All other lent material was returned to the lender and is not described in the collection container inventory.

Provenance:

The Ben Shahn papers were donated to the Archives of American Art in several installments between 1967-1991 by Shahn's widow, Bernarda Bryson Shahn who also lent materials for microfilming in 1969. Jean Shahn, Ben Shahn's daughter-in-law and estate representative, donated additional material in 2018 and 2021.

Restrictions:

This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center.

Researchers interested in accessing audiovisual recordings in this collection must use access copies. Contact References Services for more information.

Rights:

The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.

Occupation:

Painters -- New Jersey -- Roosevelt  Search this

Painters -- New York (State) -- Brooklyn  Search this

Photographers -- New York (State) -- Brooklyn  Search this

Photographers -- New Jersey -- Roosevelt  Search this

Printmakers -- New Jersey -- Roosevelt  Search this

Printmakers -- New York (State) -- Brooklyn  Search this

Educators -- New York (State) -- Brooklyn  Search this

Educators -- New Jersey -- Roosevelt  Search this

Muralists -- New York (State) -- Brooklyn  Search this

Muralists -- New Jersey -- Roosevelt  Search this

Topic:

Social realism  Search this

Genre/Form:

Motion pictures (visual works)

Sketchbooks

Video recordings

Drawings

Sound recordings

Interviews

Citation:

Ben Shahn papers, 1879-1990, bulk 1933-1970. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing and digitization of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art

Identifier:

AAA.shahben

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Ben Shahn papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw983b06d9b-dd51-45bc-9b11-09b06a88f6c6

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-shahben

Author:

Parke, Davis Company  Search this

Collector:

National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Medical Sciences  Search this

Names:

Pfizer Inc.  Search this

Warner-Lambert/Parke-Davis  Search this

Warner-Lambert/Parke-Davis. Pharmaceutical Research Division  Search this

Davis, George S.  Search this

Duffield, Samuel P., Dr. (physician, pharmacist)  Search this

Parke, Hervey Coke , 1827-1899  Search this

Extent:

365 Cubic feet (510 boxes, 43 map folders)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Annual reports

Blueprints

Brochures

Catalogs

Correspondence

Employee records

Formulae, chemical

Lantern slides

Newsletters

Newspaper clippings

Notebooks

Price lists

16mm films

Sound recordings

Tracings

Trade literature

Date:

1866-1992

Summary:

The collection documents Parke, Davis and Company, one of the largest and oldest pharmaceutical firms in America.

Scope and Contents:

The collection documents Parke, Davis and Company, one of America's oldest and largest drug makers. Parke, Davis had the first research laboratory in the American pharmaceutical industry. The company played a major role in the development of some of the principle new drugs of the twentieth century and pioneered the field of drug standardization. They were one of the first American firms to produce antitoxins, hormones, and other biologicals. They introduced new and important drugs such as adrenalin, dilantin, chlorenpleniol, and other antibiotics. They also did important research on vitamins, disinfectants, and pencillin.

The collection contains complete documentaion of all the research activities done, including research laboratory notes, correspondence, and published papers. The collection also contains corporate, financial, advertising and sales materials, photographs, and audiovisual materials. The collection is important for those researchers interested in the history of public health, the history of biologicals, pharmaceutical manufacturing and business history.

Arrangement:

Collection is divided into 13 series.

Series 1: Corporate Materials, 1887-1951

Series 2: Financial Materials, 1880-1970

Series 3: Employee/Personnel Materials, 1900-1989

Series 4: Advertising/Sales Materials, 1868-1980

Series 5: Photographs, 1866-1992

Series 6: Notebooks, 1908-1968

Series 7: Control Department Records, 1884-1931

Series 8: Formulas, 1882-1967

Series 9: Equipment Data Files, 1922-1978

Series 10: Publications, 1968-1988

Series 11: Research Materials, 1920-1978

Series 12: Drawings, 1911-1971

Series 13: Addenda, 1867-1970

Series 14: Audio Materials, 1956-1957

Historical:

Parke, Davis and Company traces it's origins to Samuel Pearce Duffield (1833-1916), a physician and pharmacist. Duffield was born in Carlisle, Pennsylvania and his family moved to Detroit when he was an infant. Duffield graduated from the University of Michigan in 1854 and he attended medical school at the University of Pennsylvania, latter leaving for Germany where he studied chemistry and sought treatment for his eyesight. He subsequently earned a Doctor of Philosophy from Ludwig University at Giessen in Germany. Duffield returned to Detroit in 1858 and established a retail drugstore with a strong interest in manufacturing pharmaceuticals. Duffield sought financial partners for his retail and manufacturing venture with A.L. Patrick and Francis C. Conant. Both men retracted their investments and Duffield met Hervey Coke Parke (1927-1899), a native of Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.

Duffield and Parke formed a formal partnership in 1866. George S. Davis, a third partner and traveling salesman previously with Farrand, Sheley and Company, was added 1867. Augustus F. Jennings joined the company as a partner to head manufacturing. The company became known as Duffield, Parke, Davis, & Jennings Company. Duffield withdrew in 1869 and the name Parke, Davis & Company was adopted in 1871. The company incorporated in 1875 and began planning world-wide scientific expeditions to discover new vegetable drugs such as Guarana, Bearsfoot, Eucalyptus Globulus, and Coca. The company first showed a profit in 1876, and the first dividend paid to shareholders in 1878 and dividends paid until mid-1960s. Research was a major activity of the company.

In 1907, Parke, Davis and Company bought 340 acres in northeast Avon Township, Michigan, and called it Parkedale Farm. The farm was dedicated on October 8, 1908, and included sterilization rooms and a vaccine propagating building. By 1909 the farm included 200 horses, 25 to 50 cattle, 150 sheep, and employed 20 men. The horses produced the antitoxin for diphtheria and tetanus, the cattle produced a vaccine for smallpox preventatives, and the sheep made serum. Only the healthiest animals were used and all were well cared for. Exotic plants were also grown on the site and used for drugs. Parke-Davis' chief products were antitoxins and vaccines as well as farm crops for feeding the animals. The farm continued to produce vaccines for diphtheria, scarlet fever, tetanus, smallpox, anthrax, and in the 1950s, the Salk polio vaccine.

Due to a weakening financial position, the company became susceptible to take-over, and was purchased by Warner-Lambert in 1970. Warner Lambert, was then acquired by Pfizer in 2000. In 2007, Pfizer closed its research facilities in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Source

Rochester Hills Museum at Voon Hoosen Farm (last accessed on September 29, 2021 https://www.rochesterhills.org/Museum/LocalHistory/ParkeDavisFarm.pdf)

Parke, Davis and Company. Parke-Davis At 100...progress in the past...promise for the future. Detroit, Michigan, 1966.

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Materials at the Smithsonian Institution Libraries

Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collection

Trade catalogs related to Parke, Davis & Co.; Warner-Lambert; Pfizer Pharmaceuticals; and Pfizer, Inc.

Materials at Other Organizations

Detroit Public Library, Special Collections

Parke, Davis & Company records, 1892-1959

Scrapbook of clippings, 1929-44; Excursions & Announcements, 1892-1902; and company newsletters.

University of California San Francisco

Drug Industry Documents was created by the University of California San Francisco Library in collaboration with faculty members C. Seth Landefeld, MD and Michael Steinman, MD. Originally established to house documents from an off-label marketing lawsuit against Parke-Davis (United States of America ex rel. David Franklin vs. Parke-Davis), the archive has grown to include documents from additional sources illustrating how the pharmaceutical industry, academic journals and institutions, continuing medical education organizations and regulatory/funding agencies operate in ways that are detrimental to public health.

Separated Materials:

Division of Medicine and Science, National Museum of American History

The division holds objects related to Parke, Davis that primarily include containers (boxes and glass bottles) that held phamrmaceuticals, biologicals (vaccines), crude drugs, and herb packages. See accessions: 1978.0882; 1982.0043; 1982.0043; 1984.0351; 1985.0475; 1988.3152; 1991.0415; 1992.3127; 2001.3066; 2012.0165; and 2018.5001.

Provenance:

The initial collection of approximately 185 cubic feet was donated by the Warner-Lambert Company, through Jerry A. Weisbach, Vice-President and President of the Pharmaceutical Research Division, on February 3, 1982.

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

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.

Topic:

advertising  Search this

Antibiotics  Search this

Architectural Blueprints  Search this

Biologicals  Search this

Chemistry  Search this

Diseases  Search this

Drugs -- 1900-1950  Search this

Drug factories  Search this

Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919  Search this

Laboratories  Search this

Medical scientists -- 1900-1950  Search this

Patents  Search this

Pharmaceutical industry -- 1900-1950  Search this

Pharmacology -- 1900-1950  Search this

Photographs  Search this

Vaccines  Search this

Genre/Form:

Annual reports -- 20th century

Blueprints -- 20th century

Brochures -- 20th century

Catalogs

Correspondence -- 19th-20th century

Employee records

Formulae, chemical

Lantern slides -- 1900-1950

Newsletters -- 20th century

Newspaper clippings

Notebooks -- 1900-1950

Price lists

16mm films

Sound recordings -- Audiotapes -- Open reel

Tracings

Trade literature

Citation:

Parke, Davis Research Laboratory Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.0001

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Parke, Davis Research Laboratory Records.

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8869c518d-5cbd-42cf-b508-e688de3bf14d

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0001

Artist:

Stella Waitzkin, born New York City 1920-died New York City 2003  Search this

Medium:

cast polyester resin and sandstone with paint and wood

Dimensions:

7 7/8 x 7 3/4 x 9 in. (19.9 x 19.7 x 23.0 cm)

Type:

Decorative Arts

Crafts

Date:

1974

Topic:

Figure\fragment\face  Search this

Object\written matter\book  Search this

Credit Line:

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Stanley Bard

Object number:

1977.123

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection

Department:

Renwick Gallery

On View:

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 4th Floor, 50A

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/vk7c4e64cb8-aa27-4ad1-b448-23362902ffde

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:saam_1977.123

Creator:

Smithsonian American Art Museum  Search this

Subject:

Marsh, George Perkins 1801-1882  Search this

Stanley, John Mix 1814-1872  Search this

King, Charles Bird 1785-1862  Search this

Catlin, George 1796-1872  Search this

Roosevelt, Theodore 1858-1919  Search this

Johnston, Harriet Lane 1830-1903  Search this

Evans, William T. 1843-1918  Search this

Holmes, William Henry 1846-1933  Search this

Tolman, Ruel P (Ruel Pardee) 1878-1954  Search this

Mellon, Andrew W (Andrew William) 1855-1937  Search this

Beggs, Thomas M  Search this

Scott, David W. 1916-  Search this

Davis, Robert Tyler  Search this

Taylor, Joshua C (Joshua Charles) 1917-1981  Search this

Lowe, Harry 1922-  Search this

Eldredge, Charles C  Search this

Broun, Elizabeth  Search this

Stebich, Stephanie A  Search this

National Collection of Fine Arts (U.S.)  Search this

National Museum of American Art (U.S.)  Search this

Corcoran Gallery of Art  Search this

Patent Office Building (Washington, D.C.)  Search this

National Institute  Search this

Library of Congress  Search this

United States Congress  Search this

District of Columbia Supreme Court  Search this

National Museum of Natural History Building (Washington, D.C.)  Search this

Renwick Gallery  Search this

National Gallery of Art (U.S. : 1906-1937)  Search this

Type:

Mixed archival materials

Date:

1906

1906-

Topic:

Art museums  Search this

Art, American  Search this

Local number:

SIA AH00007

Data Source:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_arc_217768

Creator:

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Library Research Center  Search this

Subject:

Kauffman, Craig 1932-2010  Search this

Adams, Edith  Search this

Van Dyk, Stephen H. 1950-  Search this

Martinez, Ann K  Search this

Bracchi, Jennifer Cohlman  Search this

Lopez, Nilda  Search this

Cooper-Hewitt, Sarah 1859-1930  Search this

Hewitt, Eleanor Garnier  Search this

Cooper, Peter 1791-1883  Search this

Cooper Union Museum for the Arts of Decoration Library  Search this

Smithsonian Institution Libraries Cooper-Hewitt Museum of Design Branch  Search this

Smithsonian Institution Libraries Cooper-Hewitt Museum of Decorative Arts and Design Branch  Search this

Smithsonian Institution Libraries Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum Branch  Search this

Smithsonian Institution Libraries Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum Library  Search this

Smithsonian Institution Libraries Doris and Henry Dreyfus Memorial Study Center  Search this

Smithsonian Libraries Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum Library  Search this

Smithsonian Libraries Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Library  Search this

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Library  Search this

Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art  Search this

Carnegie Mansion (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Type:

Mixed archival materials

Date:

1967

1967-

Topic:

Art museums  Search this

Decorative arts  Search this

Museum libraries  Search this

Local number:

SIA AH00195

Data Source:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_arc_221284

Creator:

Smithsonian Libraries  Search this

Subject:

Turner, Jane A  Search this

Jewett, Charles C (Charles Coffin) 1816-1868  Search this

Adler, Cyrus 1863-1940  Search this

True, Frederick William 1858-1914  Search this

Maloy, Robert  Search this

Brockett, Paul 1872-1946  Search this

Corbin, William L  Search this

Clark, Leila F  Search this

Blanchard, Ruth E  Search this

Murdoch, John 1852-1925  Search this

Watkins, J. Elfreth (John Elfreth) 1852-1903  Search this

Huffer, Mary A  Search this

Shank, Russell 1925-2012  Search this

Smith, Barbara J (Barbara Jeanne) 1939-  Search this

Gwinn, Nancy E  Search this

Miller, Scott E (Scott Everett)  Search this

Choate, Rufus 1799-1859  Search this

Marsh, George Perkins 1801-1882  Search this

Carmichael, Leonard 1898-1973  Search this

Baird, Spencer Fullerton 1823-1887  Search this

Ripley, S. Dillon (Sidney Dillon) 1913-2001  Search this

Smithsonian Institution Libraries Librarian  Search this

Smithsonian Institution Libraries Office of the Director  Search this

Smithsonian Institution Libraries New Media Office  Search this

Smithsonian Institution Libraries Administrative Officer  Search this

Biodiversity Heritage Library  Search this

Library of Congress  Search this

Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)  Search this

United States National Museum  Search this

Arts and Industries Building (Washington, D.C.)  Search this

Dibner Library  Search this

Joseph F. Cullman Library  Search this

Smithsonian Institution Libraries  Search this

Type:

Mixed archival materials

Date:

1846

1846-2019

Topic:

Museum libraries  Search this

Libraries and museums  Search this

Special libraries  Search this

Museum exhibits  Search this

Rare book libraries  Search this

Local number:

SIA AH00377

Data Source:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_arc_235260

Medium:

Stone-paste with turquoise alkali-silicate glaze colored by copper

Dimensions:

H x W: 16.6 x 11.2 cm (6 9/16 x 4 7/16 in)

Style:

Raqqa type ware

Type:

Vessel

Origin:

Iraq

Date:

11th-12th century

Topic:

Iraq  Search this

Raqqa ware  Search this

earthenware  Search this

Arts of the Islamic World  Search this

Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1910.26

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection

On View:

Freer Gallery 12: The Peacock Room Comes to America

Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

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http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3b3187da2-04f0-4a0c-9b7c-596a7712bf68

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:fsg_F1910.26

Medium:

Jade (nephrite)

Dimensions:

H x W x D: 22 x 15.2 x 0.7 cm (8 11/16 x 6 x 1/4 in)

Diam (hole): 2.6 cm (1 in)

Type:

Ceremonial Object

Origin:

China

Date:

100-220

Period:

Eastern Han dynasty

Topic:

dragon  Search this

Eastern Han dynasty (25 - 220)  Search this

China  Search this

Chinese Art  Search this

Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1916.155

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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Jades for Life and Death

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Freer Gallery 19: Afterlife: Ancient Chinese Jades

Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

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http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3e7317d68-d6a2-4aea-94f7-941013829722

EDAN-URL:

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Medium:

Jade (nephrite)

Dimensions:

H x Diam: 27.1 × 7 cm (10 11/16 × 2 3/4 in)

Diam (hole): 9.1 cm (3 9/16 in)

Type:

Ceremonial Object

Origin:

China

Date:

206 BCE-9 CE

Period:

Western Han dynasty

Topic:

Western Han dynasty (206 BCE - 9 CE)  Search this

China  Search this

Chinese Art  Search this

Credit Line:

Bequest of Mrs. Katharine Graham

Accession Number:

F2002.16a-b

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Jades for Life and Death

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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection

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Freer Gallery 19: Afterlife: Ancient Chinese Jades

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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye30c13283a-498a-4d85-86af-8790ad34c135

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:fsg_F2002.16a-b

Head of government:

Ferdinand VI King of Spain  Search this

Physical Description:

gold (overall material)

Measurements:

overall: 2.5 mm x 30.5 mm; 3/32 in x 1 3/16 in

Object Name:

Coin

Place made:

Colombia

Place of issue:

Colombia

Date made:

1750 - 1751

Associated date:

1751

Credit Line:

Estate of Josiah K. Lilly

ID Number:

NU.68.159.1313

Catalog number:

68.159.1313

Accession number:

283645

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Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection

Josiah K. Lilly Jr. Collection

Exhibition:

The Value of Money

Exhibition Location:

National Museum of American History

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-7555-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_945493

Author:

Henry Ossian Flipper, 21 Mar 1856 - 26 Apr 1940  Search this

Medium:

Book

Dimensions:

Book closed: 18.8 × 13.8 × 2.5 cm (7 3/8 × 5 7/16 × 1")

Book open: 18.8 × 24.5 cm (7 3/8 × 9 5/8")

Type:

Book

Date:

1878

Topic:

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Object number:

NPG.2018.82

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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National Portrait Gallery Collection

Exhibition:

2022 Rehang of Out of Many: Portraits from 1600 to 1900

Reconstruction Gallery

On View:

NPG, East Gallery 123

NPG, East Gallery 123

Data Source:

National Portrait Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4be8f7ab9-e558-48b4-8bde-f98a3968c916

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_NPG.2018.82

Artist:

John Plumbe, Jr., 13 Jul 1809 - 28 May 1857  Search this

Medium:

Lithograph on paper

Dimensions:

Image: 12.5 × 10.8 cm (4 15/16 × 4 1/4")

Sheet: 32.9 × 26.3 cm (12 15/16 × 10 3/8")

Book closed: 33.5 × 27 × 1 cm (13 3/16 × 10 5/8")

Book open: 33.5 × 53.5 × 1.2 cm (13 3/16 × 21 1/16")

Type:

Print

Place:

United States\Pennsylvania\Philadelphia\Philadelphia

Date:

1847

Topic:

Architecture\Building\Capitol\US Capitol  Search this

Exterior\Cityscape  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Object number:

NPG.78.84.S

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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National Portrait Gallery Collection

Data Source:

National Portrait Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm471453a44-a0e3-4467-bfff-9e1ad3c18f99

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_NPG.78.84.S

Artist:

John O'Leary, born 1944  Search this

Medium:

Acrylic on canvas board

Dimensions:

61.6cm x 48.8cm (24 1/4" x 19 3/16"), Accurate

Type:

Painting

Date:

1977

Topic:

Nature & Environment\Clouds  Search this

Architecture\Building\House  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Time magazine

Object number:

NPG.78.TC121

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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National Portrait Gallery Collection

Data Source:

National Portrait Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm43a4d1de3-b7ed-4e3a-9187-66d470cb6a84

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_NPG.78.TC121

Artist:

Henry Koerner, 1915 - 1991  Search this

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Dimensions:

40.6cm x 55.9cm (16" x 22"), Accurate

Type:

Painting

Date:

1965

Topic:

Exterior\Landscape  Search this

Vehicle\Helicopter  Search this

Human Figures\Soldier  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Time magazine

Object number:

NPG.78.TC169

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

Copyright:

© Henry Koerner

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National Portrait Gallery Collection

Data Source:

National Portrait Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm46d69a885-5f16-41fb-b82b-619421f24986

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_NPG.78.TC169

Artist:

Boris Artzybasheff, 1899 - 16 Jul 1965  Search this

Medium:

Tempera and pencil on Masonite

Dimensions:

77.5cm x 57.2cm (30 1/2" x 22 1/2"), Accurate

Type:

Painting

Date:

1959-60

Topic:

Vehicle\Train  Search this

Architecture\Building  Search this

Exterior\Cityscape  Search this

Artwork\Sculpture\Statue  Search this

Vehicle\Automobile  Search this

Vehicle\Helicopter  Search this

Architecture\Bridge  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Time magazine

Object number:

NPG.78.TC171

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

Copyright:

© Boris Artzybasheff

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Data Source:

National Portrait Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4c79b700f-9772-45ef-92c9-22abf2945946

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_NPG.78.TC171

Artist:

Jack Davis, 2 Dec 1924 - 27 Jul 2016  Search this

Medium:

Watercolor on paper

Dimensions:

68.6cm x 49.8cm (27" x 19 5/8"), Accurate

Type:

Painting

Date:

1975

Topic:

Costume\Jewelry\Earring  Search this

Costume\Headgear\Hat  Search this

Costume\Headgear\Military  Search this

Costume\Dress Accessory\Eyeglasses  Search this

Equipment\Smoking Implements\Cigar  Search this

Weapon\Spear  Search this

Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Mustache  Search this

Costume\Headgear\Hat\Cowboy hat  Search this

Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Beard  Search this

Architecture\Building  Search this

Vehicle\Automobile  Search this

Vehicle\Airplane  Search this

Costume\Headgear\Turban  Search this

Tool\Pitchfork  Search this

Symbols & Motifs\Emblem\United Nations  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Time magazine

Object number:

NPG.78.TC181

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

Copyright:

© Jack Davis

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National Portrait Gallery Collection

Data Source:

National Portrait Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4405e298a-95a9-4522-a62b-98b34d43db95

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_NPG.78.TC181

Artist:

Jack Davis, 2 Dec 1924 - 27 Jul 2016  Search this

Medium:

Watercolor on board

Dimensions:

73cm x 54.6cm (28 3/4" x 21 1/2"), Accurate

Type:

Painting

Date:

1977

Topic:

Nature & Environment\Water  Search this

Architecture\Building  Search this

Vehicle\Boat  Search this

Exterior\Cityscape  Search this

Nature & Environment\Animal\Reptile\Snake  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Time magazine

Object number:

NPG.78.TC187

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

Copyright:

© Jack Davis

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Data Source:

National Portrait Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4b5e90b8d-54f8-4db6-9513-24b94b94ceb6

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_NPG.78.TC187

Artist:

Kit Hinrichs, born 1941  Search this

Medium:

Mixed media (metal, paper, paint)

Dimensions:

38.1cm x 34cm x 34cm (15" x 13 3/8" x 13 3/8"), Accurate

Type:

Sculpture

Date:

1970

Topic:

Symbols & Motifs\Flag\National\United States  Search this

Architecture\Building\House  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Time magazine

Object number:

NPG.78.TC20

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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National Portrait Gallery Collection

Data Source:

National Portrait Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4b1f3c019-3378-4fc2-ba22-c18637216cba

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_NPG.78.TC20

Artist:

Paul Williams, born 1934  Search this

Medium:

Watercolor and ink on board

Dimensions:

58.4cm x 48.8cm (23" x 19 3/16"), Accurate

Type:

Painting

Date:

1974

Topic:

Nature & Environment\Animal\Cat\Lion  Search this

Costume\Headgear\Headdress\Crown  Search this

Symbols & Motifs\Flag\National\British  Search this

Architecture\Building\Castle  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Time magazine

Object number:

NPG.78.TC24

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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National Portrait Gallery Collection

Data Source:

National Portrait Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm49492e9b0-3dc6-451f-b5a5-2e369b323abc

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_NPG.78.TC24

Artist:

Joe Jones, 1909 - 1963  Search this

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Dimensions:

122 x 86.3 cm (48 1/16 x 34" )

Type:

Painting

Date:

1961

Topic:

Architecture\Building  Search this

Nature & Environment\Plant\Tree\Christmas  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Time magazine

Object number:

NPG.78.TC32

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

Copyright:

© Joe Jones

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National Portrait Gallery Collection

Data Source:

National Portrait Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4e02d30de-bd96-4913-b7c8-c3432278d8b5

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_NPG.78.TC32