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A ballad of the West [sound recording] : the epic trilogy / [by Bobby Bridger]

Author:
Bridger, Bobby  Search this
Deloria, Vine  Search this
Subject:
Bridger, Jim 1804-1881  Search this
Glass, Hugh ca. 1780-ca. 1833  Search this
Physical description:
4 sound discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in
Type:
Sound recordings
Songs and music
Place:
West (U.S.)
Date:
2000
1975
P2000
Topic:
Ballads, English  Search this
Frontier and pioneer life  Search this
Call number:
disc 000617
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_830005

Wonder shows : performing science, magic, and religion in America / Fred Nadis

Author:
Nadis, Fred 1957-  Search this
Physical description:
xiv, 318 p. : ill. ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
2005
C2005
19th century
20th century
Topic:
Science news--History  Search this
Magic shows--History  Search this
Revivals--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_774952

Tesla : inventor of the electrical age / W. Bernard Carlson

Author:
Carlson, W. Bernard  Search this
Subject:
Tesla, Nikola 1856-1943  Search this
Physical description:
xiii, 500 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Type:
Biography
Place:
United States
Date:
2013
Topic:
Electrical engineers  Search this
Inventors  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1005640

(Siegfried & Roy), (sculpture)

Design firm:
Atlandia Design  Search this
Subject:
Unidentified  Search this
Medium:
Base: stone and crystal
Type:
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Administered by Mirage Resort, Inc c/o Atlandia Design, 3260 Industrial Road Las Vegas Nevada 89109
Located 3400 Las Vegas Boulevard South Las Vegas Nevada
Date:
Dedicated Oct. 15, 1993
Topic:
Portrait group  Search this
Animal--Tiger  Search this
Performing Arts--Other--Magician  Search this
Portrait male--Roy  Search this
Portrait male--Siegfried  Search this
Control number:
IAS NV000053
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_319383

Harry Leon Collins Monument, (sculpture)

Sculptor:
Bright, Barney 1927-  Search this
Subject:
Collins, Harry Leon  Search this
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Base: marble
Type:
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Cave Hill National Cemetery 701 Baxter Avenue Louisville Kentucky 40204
Topic:
Portrait male--Full length  Search this
Performing Arts--Other--Magician  Search this
Dress--Ceremonial--Formal Dress  Search this
Control number:
IAS KY000072
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_321665

Night Vision, (sculpture)

Sculptor:
Salas, Roberto  Search this
Medium:
Sculptures: layered vinyl on aluminum sheeting; Poles: aluminum
Type:
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Administered by City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture 1200 Third Avenue, Suite 924 San Diego California 92101
Located Park Boulevard, near Zoo San Diego California
Date:
1988
Topic:
Abstract--Geometric  Search this
Allegory--Senses--Sight  Search this
Animal--Rabbit  Search this
Animal--Other--Starfish  Search this
Landscape--Tree--Palm Tree  Search this
Waterscape--Boat  Search this
Waterscape--Sea  Search this
Landscape--Weather--Rain  Search this
Performing Arts--Other--Magician  Search this
Figure--Fragment--Hand  Search this
Architecture--Vehicle--Balloon  Search this
Control number:
IAS CA000594
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_321929

Mago Hermano (Brother Wizard/Magician), (sculpture)

Sculptor:
Colunga, Alejandro  Search this
Medium:
Bronze and steel
Type:
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Portland Center for Performing Arts 1111 SW Broadway Portland Oregon
Date:
2004
Topic:
Abstract  Search this
Figure male  Search this
Performing Arts--Other--Magician  Search this
Control number:
IAS 88960020
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_368932

Merlin the Magical Sage, (sculpture)

Sculptor:
Kestenbaum, David 1965-  Search this
Medium:
Oak
Type:
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures-Bench
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Administered by City of Austin Art in Public Places Program 1110 Barton Springs Road, Suite 203, Dougherty Arts Center Austin Texas 78704
Located Eastwoods Park Harris Park Boulevard north of 26th Street Austin Texas
Date:
1990
Topic:
Literature--Character--Merlin  Search this
Control number:
IAS TX000896
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_337750

Mysteries of the Hopewell : astronomers, geometers, and magicians of the eastern woodlands / William F. Romain

Author:
Romain, William F. 1948-  Search this
Physical description:
xi, 272 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Ohio
Date:
2000
Topic:
Hopewell culture  Search this
Indian astronomy  Search this
Mathematics  Search this
Antiquities  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_682881

The Tempest, (sculpture)

Sculptor:
Hebald, Milton 1917-2015  Search this
Medium:
Bronze sculpture on a granite pedestal
Type:
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Central Park Entrance to the Delacorte Theatre New York New York
Date:
1966
Topic:
Literature--Shakespeare--Tempest  Search this
Literature--Character--Prospero  Search this
Literature--Character--Miranda  Search this
Occupation--Occult--Magician  Search this
Control number:
IAS 87870171
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_302815

Josh Simpson, a visionary journey in glass : 1972-2007 retrospective / organized by Peter J. Baldaia

Title:
Visionary journey in glass
Author:
Simpson, Josh 1949-  Search this
Baldaia, Peter J  Search this
Huntsville Museum of Art  Search this
Museum of Fine Arts (Springfield, Mass.)  Search this
Subject:
Simpson, Josh 1949-  Search this
Physical description:
57 p. : col. ill. ; 26 x 26 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Biography
Place:
United States
Date:
2007
C2007
Topic:
Glass art  Search this
Glass artists  Search this
Call number:
NK5198.S44 A4 2007
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_928456

Jules Fisher / written by Delbert Unruh ; foreword by John Lahr

Title:
USITT presents the designs of Jules Fisher
Designs of Jules Fisher
Author:
Unruh, Delbert  Search this
Lahr, John 1941-  Search this
Subject:
Fisher, Jules  Search this
Physical description:
127 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm
Type:
Biography
Place:
United States
Date:
2009
C2009
Topic:
Stage lighting designers  Search this
Call number:
PN2096.F57 U57 2009
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_949827

Burt Rutan's race to space : the Magician of Mojave and his flying innovations / Dan Linehan

Author:
Linehan, Dan 1969-  Search this
Subject:
Rutan, Burt  Search this
Physical description:
160 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm
Type:
Biography
Place:
United States
Date:
2011
Topic:
Aeronautical engineers  Search this
Private planes--Design and construction  Search this
Space vehicles  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_972662

Houdini : art and magic / Brooke Kamin Rapaport ; with contributions by Alan Brinkley ... [et al.]

Author:
Rapaport, Brooke Kamin  Search this
Houdini, Harry 1874-1926  Search this
Brinkley, Alan  Search this
Jewish Museum (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Subject:
Houdini, Harry 1874-1926  Search this
Houdini, Harry 1874-1926 Influence  Search this
Physical description:
xvii, 261 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Place:
United States
Date:
2010
C2010
20th century
21st century
Topic:
Identity (Psychology) in art  Search this
Art and popular culture--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_952668

Houdini : a pictorial biography, including more than 250 illustrations / Milbourne Christopher

Author:
Christopher, Milbourne  Search this
Subject:
Houdini, Harry 1874-1926  Search this
Physical description:
218 p. : ill. ; 29 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
1998
1976
Topic:
Magicians--Biography  Search this
Magicians--Pictorial works  Search this
Escape artists--Biography  Search this
Escape artists--Pictorial works  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_567049

The book as art : artists' books from the National Museum of Women in the arts / Krystyna Wasserman ; with essays by Johanna Drucker and Audrey Niffenegger

Author:
Wasserman, Krystyna  Search this
Drucker, Johanna 1952-  Search this
Niffenegger, Audrey  Search this
Subject:
National Museum of Women in the Arts (U.S.)  Search this
Physical description:
192 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm
Type:
Catalogs
Place:
United States
Washington (D.C.)
Date:
2007
C2007
Topic:
Artists' books  Search this
Women artists  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_989622

A documented history of Gullah Jack Pritchard and the Denmark Vesey slave insurrection of 1822 / [compiled by] Lois A. Walker and Susan R. Silverman

Author:
Walker, Lois A  Search this
Silverman, Susan R  Search this
Subject:
Vesey, Denmark approximately 1767-1822  Search this
Pritchard, Gullah Jack d. 1822  Search this
Physical description:
ix, 476 p. ; 24 cm
Type:
Biography
Sources
Place:
South Carolina
Charleston
Charleston (S.C.)
Date:
2000
C2000
Slave Insurrection, 1822
Topic:
African Americans  Search this
Magicians  Search this
Slavery--History  Search this
History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_626215

Howard Pyle : imagining an American School of Art / Jill P. May and Robert E. May

Author:
May, Jill P  Search this
May, Robert E  Search this
Pyle, Howard 1853-1911  Search this
Subject:
Pyle, Howard 1853-1911  Search this
Physical description:
xvi, 262 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Type:
Biography
Place:
United States
Date:
2011
[2011], ©2011
Topic:
Artists  Search this
Art teachers  Search this
Authors  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_980092

Houdini! : the career of Ehrich Weiss : American self-liberator, Europe's eclipsing sensation, world's handcuff king & prison breaker : nothing on earth can hold Houdini prisoner! / Kenneth Silverman

Author:
Silverman, Kenneth  Search this
Subject:
Houdini, Harry 1874-1926  Search this
Physical description:
xi, 465 p., [64] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
1996
C1996
Topic:
Magicians--Biography  Search this
Call number:
CT275.H833 S5 1996
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_504410

Alexander Girard / Todd Oldham ; written by Kiera Coffee

Author:
Girard, Alexander  Search this
Oldham, Todd  Search this
Coffee, Kiera  Search this
Subject:
Girard, Alexander  Search this
Physical description:
[676 p.] : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 32 x 41 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
2011
Topic:
Interior decorators  Search this
Designers  Search this
Textile design  Search this
Call number:
NK1535.G545 A4 2011
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_998242

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