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view Folio from the <em>Silsilat al-dhahab</em> (Chain of gold) in the <em>Haft awrang</em> (Seven thrones) by Jami (d. 1492); verso: The simple peasant entreats the salesman not to sell his wonderful donkey; recto: text digital asset number 1

Folio from the Silsilat al-dhahab (Chain of gold) in the Haft awrang (Seven thrones) by Jami (d. 1492); verso: The simple peasant entreats the salesman not to sell his wonderful donkey; recto: text

Calligrapher:: Malik al-Daylami Search this

Medium:: Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper

Dimensions:: H x W: 34.2 x 23.2 cm (13 7/16 x 9 1/8 in)

Type:: Manuscript

Origin:: Iran

Date:: 1556-1565

Period:: Safavid period

Topic:: donkey Search this; Safavid period (1501 - 1722) Search this; commerce Search this; poetry Search this; nasta'liq script Search this; illumination Search this; India Search this; Haft awrang Search this; Arts of the Islamic World Search this

Credit Line:: Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

Accession Number:: F1946.12.38

Restrictions & Rights:: Usage conditions apply

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See more items in:: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection

Data Source:: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

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EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:fsg_F1946.12.38

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Walt Whitman and Party

Artist:: Alexander Gardner, 17 Oct 1821 - 10 Dec 1882 Search this

Sitter:: Walt Whitman, 31 May 1819 - 26 Mar 1892 Search this

Medium:: Albumen silver print

Dimensions:: Image: 17.1 × 22.9cm (6 3/4 × 9"); Mat: 22.9 × 27.9cm (9 × 11"); Provided by lender

Type:: Photograph

Date:: c. 1863

Topic:: Equipment\Sports Equipment\Fishing Pole Search this; Exterior\Forest Search this; Equipment\Sports Equipment\Net\Fishing Search this; Walt Whitman: Male Search this; Walt Whitman: Literature\Writer\Poet Search this; Walt Whitman: Journalism and Media\Newspaper editor Search this; Walt Whitman: Education and Scholarship\Educator\Teacher Search this; Walt Whitman: Journalism and Media\Journalist\Reporter\Newspaper Search this; Portrait Search this

Credit Line:: Owner: Western Reserve Historical Society

Object number:: EXH.AG.28

Restrictions & Rights:: Usage conditions apply

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Data Source:: Catalog of American Portraits

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Cartel décoré pour la Poësie.

Designer:: Pierre-Gabriel Berthault, French, 1737–1831 Search this

Print Maker:: Pierre-Gabriel Berthault, French, 1737–1831 Search this

Publisher:: Jacques Chéreau, French, 1688–1776 Search this

Medium:: Etching and engraving on laid paper

Object Name:: Print

Type:: Print

Published in:: Paris, France

Date:: ca. 1758

Credit Line:: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council

Accession Number:: 1921-6-239-3

Restrictions & Rights:: Usage conditions apply

See more items in:: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection; Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department

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Jerome Caja papers, circa 1920-1995

Creator:: Caja, Jerome D., 1958-1995 Search this

Type:: Sketchbooks; Moving images; Sound recordings; Video recordings

Citation:: Jerome Caja papers, circa 1920-1995. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:: Gay artists Search this; Artists (LGBTQ) Search this; AIDS (Disease) Search this

Theme:: Lives of artists Search this

Record number:: (DSI-AAA_CollID)6515; (DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)215774; AAA_collcode_cajajero

Theme:: Lives of artists

Data Source:: Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_215774

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West Side Story Upside Down, Backwards, Sideways and Out of Focus (La Maleta de Futriaco Martínez)

Artist:: ADÁL, born Utuado, Puerto Rico 1948-died San Juan, Puerto Rico 2020 Search this

Medium:: suitcase, flat-screen LCD monitor, single-channel digital video, color, sound; 12:51 minutes

Dimensions:: 14 x 20 x 7 in. (35.6 x 50.8 x 17.8 cm)

Type:: Media Arts

Date:: 2002

Topic:: Object\other\luggage Search this

Credit Line:: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment

Copyright:: © 2002, ADÁL

Object number:: 2013.20A-B

Restrictions & Rights:: Usage conditions apply

See more items in:: Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection

Department:: Time-Based Media Art

Data Source:: Smithsonian American Art Museum

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Jerome Caja papers

Creator:: Caja, Jerome, 1958-1995 Search this

Extent:: 7.9 Linear feet

Type:: Collection descriptions; Archival materials; Sketchbooks; Moving images; Sound recordings; Video recordings

Date:: circa 1920-1995

Summary:: The papers of painter Jerome Caja measure 7.9 linear feet and date from circa 1920 to 1995. The papers document his career as an artist in San Francisco through biographical material; correspondence with family, friends, art organizations, and galleries; poetry, prose, and other writings; exhbiition announcements, newspaper and magazine clippings, and other printed materials, gallery and exhibition files; artwork, including sketchbooks and numerous small paintings, sketches and drawings, photographs; audiovisual materials including film reels, vido and audio cassettes.

Scope and Contents:: The papers of painter Jerome Caja measure 7.9 linear feet and date from circa 1920 to 1995. The papers document his career as an artist in San Francisco through biographical material; correspondence with family, friends, art organizations, and galleries; poetry, prose, and other writings; exhbiition announcements, newspaper and magazine clippings, and other printed materials, gallery and exhibition files; artwork, including sketchbooks and numerous small paintings, sketches and drawings, photographs; audiovisual materials including film reels, vido and audio cassettes.

Biographical Material includes a family history, a short autobiography, school documents from elementary through college, yearbooks, identifications and certificates. Correspondence includes letters numerous letters from parents, letters from some brothers, and letters from friends. Writings consist primarily of short plays and skits by Caja, prose and poetry, a journal, and writings by friends. Gallery and Exhibition Files consist of correspondence, inventory and price lists, exhibition announcements and catalogs, and contracts from museums and galleries where Caja did exhibitions or auctions. Personal Business Records consist of price lists, invoices, receipts for works he sold to individuals or institutions. Printed Materials consist of newspaper and magazine clippings detailing Caja's exhibition or his involvement in the gay scene of San Francisco. There are also books with inscriptions that were given to Caja by friends, and there are publication materials that belonged to Caja.

Artwork primarily consists of numerous small drawings and sketches in ink, chalk, and nail polish. Also included are sketchbooks of Caja's drawings and oversized paintings and sketches. Photographs primarily consist of personal photos of Caja and his family during his childhood, photos of his grand parents and geat grandparents, and photos of nieces and nephews. There are also photos and slides of his ceramic work and some of his paintings and sketches. The majority of the photos are of Caja taking part in various events around San Francisco. Audio-Visual Materials consists of video cassettes, audio cassettes, and motion picture reels. Videos document Caja reading his book, Caja taking part in events in San Francisco, his artwork, and a movie that he was featured in. Audio cassettes consist primarily of music, but also of Caja reading stories. Film material consists of people working in an artist's workshop, a pool party, and a satirical narrative between children and their mother.

Arrangement:: The collection is arranged as nine series.

Series 1: Biographical Material, 1949-1994 (0.4 linear feet; Box 1)

Series 2: Correspondence, 1980-1995 (0.5 linear feet; Box 1)

Series 3: Writings, circa 1980-1995 (0.3 linear feet; Box 1-2)

Series 4: Gallery and Exhibition Files, 1982-1995 (0.4 linear feet; Box 2)

Series 5: Personal Business Records, 1990-1995 (0.2 linear feet; Box 2)

Series 6: Printed Material, 1960-1995 (1.3 linear feet; Box 2-3, Box 9)

Series 7: Artwork, circa 1980-1995 (1.7 linear feet: Box 4-5, Box 9, OV 13-15, Artifact)

Series 8: Photographs, circa 1920-1995 (1.8 linear feet; Box 5-6, Box 9, OV 14)

Series 9: Audio-Visual Material circa 1980-1995 (1.4 linear feet; Box 7-8, FC 16-23)

Biographical / Historical:: Jerome Caja (1958-1995) was a painter who worked primarily in San Francisco, CA. Caja was born in Ohio in 1958 and attended Clevaland State University. He moved to San Francisco in the 1980s and attended the San Francisco Art Institute from which he graduated in 1984. Caja pushed the boundaries of gender, performance, and art in the nightclub scene in San Francisco during the late 1980s and early 1990s. Caja died from complications related to HIV in 1995, during height of the AIDS-Art-Activism era in San Francisco.

Related Materials:: Also found in the Archives of American Art is an oral history interview with Jerome Caja conducted by Paul Karlstrom, August 23-September 29, 1995, and Letters from Jerome Caja to Anna van der Meulen, 1995.

Provenance:: The Jerome Caja papers were donated in two installments from 1994 to 1995. The first installment was donated by Jerome Caja in 1994, and the second installment was donated by Anna van der Meulen, executor of Caja's estate, in 1995.

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.

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 -- California -- San Francisco Search this

Topic:: Gay artists Search this; Artists (LGBTQ) Search this; AIDS (Disease) Search this

Genre/Form:: Sketchbooks; Moving images; Sound recordings; Video recordings

Citation:: Jerome Caja papers, circa 1920-1995. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:: The processing of this collection received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care and Preservation Fund, administered by the National Collections Program and the Smithsonian Collections Advisory Committee.

Identifier:: AAA.cajajero

See more items in:: Jerome Caja papers

Archival Repository:: Archives of American Art

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Writings

Collection Creator:: Caja, Jerome, 1958-1995 Search this

Extent:: 0.3 Linear feet (Boxes 1-2)

Type:: Archival materials

Date:: circa 1980-1995

Scope and Contents:: Writings consist primarily of short plays and skits by Caja, prose and poetry, a journal, and writings by friends.

Collection 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.

Collection 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.

Collection Citation:: Jerome Caja papers, circa 1920-1995. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:: The processing of this collection received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care and Preservation Fund, administered by the National Collections Program and the Smithsonian Collections Advisory Committee.

Identifier:: AAA.cajajero, Series 3

See more items in:: Jerome Caja papers

Archival Repository:: Archives of American Art

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Poetry

Collection Creator:: Caja, Jerome, 1958-1995 Search this

Container:: Box 2, Folder 3

Type:: Archival materials

Date:: undated

Collection 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.

Collection 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.

Collection Citation:: Jerome Caja papers, circa 1920-1995. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:: The processing of this collection received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care and Preservation Fund, administered by the National Collections Program and the Smithsonian Collections Advisory Committee.

See more items in:: Jerome Caja papers; Jerome Caja papers / Series 3: Writings

Archival Repository:: Archives of American Art

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Prose and Poetry

Collection Creator:: Caja, Jerome, 1958-1995 Search this

Container:: Box 2, Folder 4

Type:: Archival materials

Date:: undated

Collection 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.

Collection 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.

Collection Citation:: Jerome Caja papers, circa 1920-1995. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:: The processing of this collection received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care and Preservation Fund, administered by the National Collections Program and the Smithsonian Collections Advisory Committee.