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African American Art Curator Talk

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Smithsonian American Art Museum  Search this
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YouTube Videos
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2012-08-01T23:55:46.000Z
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Education  Search this
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Art, American  Search this
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The Non-Invasive Analysis of Painted Surfaces - Maria Kokkori (11 of 14)

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Smithsonian American Art Museum  Search this
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YouTube Videos
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2014-04-01T15:50:14.000Z
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Art, American  Search this
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William Kloss Talk - "Modern American Realism: the Sara Roby Foundation Collection"

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Smithsonian American Art Museum  Search this
Type:
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2014-03-08T08:50:15.000Z
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Art, American  Search this
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An Evening with Richard Estes - Smithsonian American Art Museum

Creator:
Smithsonian American Art Museum  Search this
Type:
Conversations and talks
YouTube Videos
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2014-11-26T15:30:25.000Z
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Education  Search this
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Art, American  Search this
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Oral history interview with Tom Blackwell, 2009 September 22-November 11

Interviewee:
Blackwell, Tom, 1938-  Search this
Interviewer:
Richards, Judith Olch  Search this
Type:
Sound recordings
Interviews
Citation:
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Tom Blackwell, 2009 September 22-November 11. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
Painters -- New York (State) -- Interviews  Search this
Photo-realism  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)15762
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)287405
AAA_collcode_blackw09
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_287405
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Oral history interview with Robert Bechtle, 2010 February 8-9

Interviewee:
Bechtle, Robert Alan, 1932-2020  Search this
Interviewer:
Richards, Judith Olch  Search this
Type:
Sound recordings
Interviews
Citation:
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Robert Bechtle, 2010 February 8-9. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
Painters -- California -- San Francisco -- Interviews  Search this
Photo-realism  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)15764
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)287544
AAA_collcode_bechtl10
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
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edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_287544
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Oral history interview with William Conger, 2015 May 18-20

Interviewee:
Conger, William, 1937-  Search this
Interviewer:
Silverman, Lanny  Search this
Subject:
Chicago Art and Artists: Oral History Project  Search this
Chicago's Art-Related Archival Materials: A Terra Foundation Resource  Search this
Type:
Sound recordings
Interviews
Citation:
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with William Conger, 2015 May 18-20. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Theme:
Chicago's Art-Related Archival Materials: A Terra Foundation Resource  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)16264
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)371071
AAA_collcode_conger15
Theme:
Chicago's Art-Related Archival Materials: A Terra Foundation Resource
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_371071

Exhibition Catalogs and Press

Collection Creator:
Guild Art Gallery  Search this
Container:
Box 1, Folder 12
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
circa 1935-1936
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:
Guild Art Gallery records, circa 1933-1937. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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Guild Art Gallery records / Series 2: Exhibition Files
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9c1364f87-9e2b-4cc8-a142-ac70d2b26f32
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-aaa-guilart-ref29
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The American sense of reality

Author:
Philbrook Art Center  Search this
Physical description:
56 p illus 20 x 25 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Expositions
Exhibition catalogs
Place:
United States
Date:
1969
Topic:
Painting, American  Search this
Realism in art  Search this
Peinture américaine  Search this
Réalisme (Art)  Search this
realism (artistic form of expression)  Search this
Call number:
ND205 .P54
ND205.P54
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_7267

William Dean Howells an American life [by] Kenneth S. Lynn

Author:
Lynn, Kenneth Schuyler  Search this
Physical description:
372 p illustrations, ports 26 cm
Type:
Biography
Biographies
Place:
United States
États-Unis
Date:
1971
19th century
19e siècle
20e siècle
20th century
Topic:
Critics  Search this
Novelists, American  Search this
Realism in literature  Search this
Critiques  Search this
Écrivains américains  Search this
Réalisme dans la littérature  Search this
Romanciers américains  Search this
Authors, American  Search this
Bibliografie  Search this
Call number:
CT275.H85 L9
CT275.H85L9
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_7379

The higher realism of Woodrow Wilson, and other essays [by] Arthur S. Link. With a foreword by Dewey W. Grantham

Author:
Link, Arthur S (Arthur Stanley)) 1920-1998  Search this
Physical description:
xxii, 425 p port 24 cm
Type:
Books
Biographies
History
Place:
United States
États-Unis
USA
Date:
1971
1913-1921
Topic:
Außenpolitik  Search this
Liberalismus  Search this
History  Search this
Histoire  Search this
Call number:
CT275.W75 L7h
CT275.W75L7h
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_7655

Meet the Artist: Debora Moore from “Forces of Nature Renwick Invitational 2020”

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Smithsonian American Art Museum  Search this
Type:
YouTube Videos
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2020-12-03T21:16:14.000Z
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Education  Search this
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Art, American  Search this
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Notebook, Notes for Seminars on Religion and Fantastic Realism

Collection Creator:
Pertha, Hilda, 1911-2011  Search this
Container:
Box 3, Folder 19
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1983-1984
Collection Restrictions:
Hilda Pertha's journals in Series 3 are access restricted; written permission is required. Contact Reference Services for more information.
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 born-digital records or audiovisual recordings in this collection must use access copies. Contact References Services for more information.
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.
The donor has retained all intellectual property rights, including copyright, that they may own.
Collection Citation:
Hilda Pertha papers, 1938-2018. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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Hilda Pertha papers / Series 4: Writings and Writing Projects
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9fd7f0bd8-ba5f-4966-aae9-368efe9e4e6e
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ead_component:sova-aaa-perthild-ref90

Andy Warhol

Collection Creator:
Finch College. Museum of Art  Search this
Varian, Elayne H.  Search this
Container:
Box 17, Folder 59
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1967-1968
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original papers requires an appointment. Use of archival audiovisual recordings with no duplicate access copy requires advance notice.
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:
Exhibition records of the Contemporary Study Wing of the Finch College Museum of Art, 1943-1975. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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Exhibition records of the Contemporary Study Wing of the Finch College Museum of Art / Series 4: Exhibition Files / "Projected Art" (1966-1967) / Artist Files
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw97e0acf10-7115-40c9-a1be-3babd483fcf0
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ead_component:sova-aaa-finccoll-ref1113
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Press Release, Announcement, and Clippings

Collection Creator:
Finch College. Museum of Art  Search this
Varian, Elayne H.  Search this
Container:
Box 15, Folder 55
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1975
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original papers requires an appointment. Use of archival audiovisual recordings with no duplicate access copy requires advance notice.
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:
Exhibition records of the Contemporary Study Wing of the Finch College Museum of Art, 1943-1975. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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Exhibition records of the Contemporary Study Wing of the Finch College Museum of Art / Series 4: Exhibition Files / "James Brooks Retrospective" (1975)
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9d15a7f83-06ea-49b6-82ea-0507d18ac6b1
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Oral history interview with Marcella Comès (Winslow), 1982 May 4

Interviewee:
Winslow, Marcella Comès  Search this
Interviewer:
Pennington, Estill Curtis  Search this
Type:
Sound recordings
Interviews
Citation:
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Marcella Comès (Winslow), 1982 May 4. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
Women artists  Search this
Women painters  Search this
Women photographers  Search this
Theme:
Women  Search this
Photography  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)12311
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)212598
AAA_collcode_winslo82
Theme:
Women
Photography
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
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Stefan Hirsch and Elsa Rogo papers

Creator:
Hirsch, Stefan, 1899-1964  Search this
Rogo, Elsa, 1901-1996  Search this
Names:
Bard College -- Faculty  Search this
Bennington College -- Faculty  Search this
Downtown Gallery (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
United States. Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs  Search this
Albers, Josef  Search this
Anguiano, Raúl, 1915-2006  Search this
Bier, Justus, 1899-1990  Search this
Field, Hamilton Easter  Search this
Halpert, Edith Gregor, 1900-1970  Search this
Mumford, Lewis, 1895-1990  Search this
Mérida, Carlos, 1891-1984  Search this
Shahn, Ben, 1898-1969  Search this
Extent:
19.6 Linear feet
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Motion pictures (visual works)
Sound recordings
Etchings
Sketchbooks
Scrapbooks
Glass plate negatives
Transcripts
Place:
Mexico -- Photographs
Date:
1851-1986
bulk 1920-1960
Summary:
The papers of artists and educators Stefan Hirsch and Elsa Rogo measure 19.6 linear feet and date from 1851 to 1986, with the bulk of the material dating from 1920s to the 1960s. Together, they traveled throughout Mexico and Latin America where they became involved in the social and art scenes. Hirsch and Rogo's artistic, teaching, and journalism careers are documented through biographical materials, correspondence, writings and notes, professional files, printed materials, photographs and motion picture films, and sketchbooks and other artwork.
Scope and Contents:
The papers of artists and educators Stefan Hirsch and Elsa Rogo measure 19.6 linear feet and date from 1851 to 1986, with the bulk of the material dating from 1920s to the 1960s. Together, they traveled throughout Mexico and Latin America where they became involved in the social and art scenes. Hirsch and Rogo's artistic, teaching, and journalism careers are documented through biographical materials, correspondence, writings and notes, professional files, printed materials, photographs and motion picture films, and sketchbooks and other artwork.

Biographical materials include address lists, resumes and biographical sketches, identification cards, material relating to Hirsch's military service, and legal documents. Two sound recordings, one personal and another of Rogo on Spanish National Radio, are also found here.

Correspondence is both professional and personal. Professional correspondence concerns commissions, exhibitions, travel, and teaching. Notable correspondents include Josef Albers, Justus Bier, Downtown Gallery (Edith Halpert), Carlos Mérida, Lewis Mumford, Ben Shahn, and many others. Personal correspondence is largely between Hirsch and Rogo. Writings are found for both Hirsch and Rogo and include notebooks, diary fragments and transcripts, lectures, essays on art, articles, and notes. A manuscript by Hamilton Easter Field is also found and a writing by an unknown author. Professional files document teaching positions, projects, commissions, memberships, and other professional activities undertaken by Hirsch and Rogo. They document Hirsch's teaching career at Bard College, Bennington College, and his mural work in South Carolina and Mississippi. Files concerning Rogo's work with the Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs are found here, as well as files documenting their professional and personal travel. These contain a wide variety of materials, such as correspondence, printed material, meeting minutes, photographs, and writings. Also found are scattered files relating to general areas of interest.

Hirsch's and Rogo's business records include contracts concerning Elsa Rogo's book agreements, records settling the estate of the Hirsch family in Nürnberg (Nuremberg), Germany, insurance records, a lease, price lists, and general receipts and invoices. Also found are personal art collection records including a sales agreement and a list of Latin American art owned by Hirsch and Rogo. Printed materials include books, brochures, clippings, exhibition announcements and catalogs for Stefan Hirsch and others, issues of magazines and other periodicals, copies of published writings by Hirsch and Rogo, and a dismantled printed materials scrapbook.

Photographs are extensive and include personal photos of Stefan Hirsch and Elsa Rogo, their family, friends, and colleagues. Numerous travel photos were taken by Rogo in her role as a journalist in Latin American and the United States. The bulk of the professional travel photos were taken in Mexico in the 1930s to the 1960s and show events, cities, and cultural activities. Also found are glass plate negatives, photographs of works of art, and sixteen reels of motion picture film taken in Mexico, Bard College, and Oqunquit, Maine.

Eighteen sketchbooks are largely unsigned but are likely by Stefan Hirsch. Additional artwork includes sketches and etchings by Hirsch, sketches by Elsa Rogo, and works by others including Raul Anquiano and Efren Villalobos.
Arrangement:
The collection is arranged as 9 series:

Missing Title

Series 1: Biographical Material, 1899-1986 (0.6 linear feet; Box 1)

Series 2: Correspondence, 1920s-1960s (3.2 linear feet; Boxes 1-4)

Series 3: Writings and Notes, circa 1920-1960s (1.2 linear feet: Boxes 4-5)

Series 4: Professional Files, 1912-1966 (2.8 linear feet; Boxes 6-8)

Series 5: Personal Business Records, 1927-1957 (0.5 linear feet; Boxes 8-9)

Series 6: Printed Material, 1851-1964 (2.9 linear feet; Boxes 9-12, 19)

Series 7: Photographs and Motion Picture Film, circa 1870-1960s (6.9 linear feet; Boxes 12-17, 20, FC 21-29)

Series 8: Sketchbooks, circa 1930s-circa 1940s (0.6 linear feet; Box 18)

Series 9: Artwork and Artifacts, 1916-1982 (0.5 linear feet; Boxes 18-19)
Biographical / Historical:
German-born Stefan Hirsch (1899-1964) was a painter and educator. Elsa Rogo (1901-1966) was married to Hirsch and was an artist, educator and journalist. They were active in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, and Vermont, and traveled extensively throughout Mexico and Latin America where they documented local arts and crafts, village life, and befriended prominent Mexican artists.

Born in Nurnberg, Germany, Stefan Hirsch grew up in Europe and studied art at the University of Zurich. After settling in the United States in 1919, he took summer courses under Hamilton Easter Field in Ogunquit, Maine. Hirsch developed a Precisionist style combined with Social Realism but much of his work was difficult to restrict to one specific style. Hirsch was a founder and exhibitor at the avant-garde Salons of America which served as an alternative to the Society of Independent Artists. During the 1930s and 1940s, Hirsch participated in the U.S. government's Federal Art Project and painted murals in Aiken, South Carolina and Booneville, Mississippi. Hirsch began his teaching career in 1937 at Bennington College in Vermont, and later accepted a position at Bard College where he served as the chairman of the art department until he retired in 1961.

In 1930, Hirsch married Elsa Rogo. Together, they traveled throughout Mexico and Latin America where they became involved in the social and art scenes. They befriended prominent Mexican artists like Diego Rivera and David Siqueiros. As a journalist, Rogo documented Mexican life, events, and art extensively through photographs. Rogo also served in the U.S. Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs, established in 1940 to promote cultural diplomacy and solidarity primarily in Latin America. In Taxaco, Mexico, she taught art to school children. Her book, Walls and Volcanos: The Creative Impulse of the Mexican People, was published in 1937.

Stefan Hirsch died in 1964. Elsa Rogo died in 1966.
Provenance:
Portions of the Stefan Hirsch and Elsa Rogo papers were donated in 1996 by the Elsa Rogo estate, via Sylvia Siskin, executrix. Additions were donated 2002, 2014, and 2019 by professor James Oles, Art Department, Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts on behalf of Sylvia Siskin.
Restrictions:
Use of original papers requires an appointment. Use of archival audiovisual recordings with no duplicate access copy requires advance notice. Original film reels and archival negative copies are stored off-site and are closed to researchers.
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 York (State)  Search this
Art teachers  Search this
Journalists -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
Topic:
Art -- Study and teaching  Search this
Educators -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
Art, Latin American  Search this
Mural painting and decoration, Mexican -- Photographs  Search this
Mural painting and decoration -- South Carolina  Search this
Mural painting and decoration -- Mississippi  Search this
Latino and Latin American artists  Search this
Genre/Form:
Motion pictures (visual works)
Sound recordings
Etchings
Sketchbooks
Scrapbooks
Glass plate negatives
Transcripts
Citation:
Stefan Hirsch and Elsa Rogo papers, 1851-1986, bulk 1920s-1960s. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
AAA.hirsstef
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Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw98ab444b5-7fc2-4e6b-ad62-a18f38f904f9
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-aaa-hirsstef
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Extra ordinary magic, mystery and imagination in American realism edited by Jeffrey Richmond-Moll ; essays by Jeffrey Richmond-Moll and Philip Eliasoph ; and catalog entries by Hillary Brown, Ashlyn Davis, William Underwood Eiland, Dennis Harper, Andrew Ladis, David A. Lewis, Paul Manoguerra, Maurita N. Poole, Akela Reason, Paul Richelson, Jeffrey Richmond-Moll, Michael T. Ricker, and Louise Siddons

Editor:
Richmond-Moll, Jeffrey  Search this
Contributor:
Eliasoph, Philip  Search this
Host institution:
Georgia Museum of Art  Search this
Physical description:
251 pages illustrations (chiefly color) 29 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Expositions
Exhibition catalogs
Place:
United States
États-Unis
Date:
2021
20th century
20e siècle
Topic:
Magic realism (Art)  Search this
Painting, American  Search this
Réalisme magique (Art)  Search this
Peinture américaine  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1160909

Hide/Seek: "Arnold Comes of Age" by Grant Wood - National Portrait Gallery

Creator:
National Portrait Gallery  Search this
Type:
YouTube Videos
Uploaded:
2011-04-08T15:13:44.000Z
YouTube Category:
Education  Search this
Topic:
Portraits  Search this
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Data Source:
National Portrait Gallery
YouTube Channel:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:yt_TTjgx3tkLsw

Katie and Anne

Artist:
Fairfield Porter, American, b. Winnetka, Illinois, 1907–1975  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
80 1/8 X 62 1/8 IN. (203.5 X 157.7 CM.)
Type:
Painting
Date:
1955
Credit Line:
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Accession Number:
66.4110
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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection
School:
American Contemporary Realism
Data Source:
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/py269a23568-96ae-4dc9-ad23-41c8a4bf1776
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:hmsg_66.4110

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