Smithsonian American Art Museum Tours

Hemlock Pool, ca. 1890-1900, John Henry Twachtman, Born: Cincinnati, Ohio 1853 Died: Gloucester, Massachusetts 1902 oil on canvas 22 1/4 x 30 1/4 in. (56.5 x 76.7 cm) Remarks: Frame: 30 x 37 1/2 in. Smithsonian American Art Museum Gift of John Gellatly 1929.6.140

The Sick Child, 1893, J. Bond Francisco, Born: Cincinnati, Ohio 1863 Died: Los Angeles, California 1931 oil on canvas 32 x 48 in. (81.3 x 121.8 cm) Smithsonian American Art Museum Museum Purchase 1991.9

Wolves Courting at Full Moon, 1988, Christine McHorse, Born: Morenci, Arizona 1948 fired micaceous clay with piñon pitch 11 5/8 x 13 7/8 in. (29.5 x 35.2 cm) diam. Smithsonian American Art Museum Gift of Chuck and Jan Rosenak and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson 1997.124.161

Dog, 1995, O. L. "Geech" Samuels Born: Wilcox County, Georgia 1931 carved and painted wood, glass, and glitter 45 1/2 x 39 x 10 in. (115.6 x 99.1 x 25.4 cm.) Smithsonian American Art Museum Gift of Chuck and Jan Rosenak and museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment 1997.124.84

Portrait Head Paintbrush Tree, 1991, Mr. Imagination, Born: Chicago, Illinois 1948 mixed media: bottlecaps, paintbrushes, and paint on wood 65 1/8 x 22 3/4 x 18 3/4 in. (165.4 x 57.8 x 47.6 cm.) Smithsonian American Art Museum Museum Purchase 1992.10

Yeibichai Dancers with Medicine Man and Patient, ca. 1991-1992 Tom Yazzie, Born: Fort Defiance, Arizona 1930 carved and painted cottonwood, sand overall: 12 7/8 x 51 1/4 x 7 3/4 in. (32.7 x 130.2 x 19.7 cm.) A (base): 3/4 x 51 1/4 x 7 in. (1.9 x 130.2 x 17.8 cm.) B (medicine man): 10 1/2 x 4 x 3 1/2 in. (26.7 x 10.2 x 8.9 cm.) C (woman with basket): 9 1/2 x 4 x 3 in. (24.1 x 10.2 x 7.6 cm.) D (first man in mask): 12 x 3 7/8 x 3 3/4 in. (30.5 x 9.8 x 9.5 cm.) E (first woman in mask): 8 7/8 x 3 1/2 x 3 in. (22.5 x 8.9 x 7.6 cm.) F(second man in mask): 11 1/8 x 4 1/4 x 3 3/4 in. (28.3 x 10.8 x 9.5 cm.) G (second woman in mask): 8 1/2 x 3 1/2 x 3 in. (21.6 x 8.9 x 7.6 cm.) H (third man in mask): 11 x 3 1/2 x 4 in. (27.9 x 8.9 x 10.2 cm.) I (third woman in mask): 9 1/2 x 3 3/4 x 3 3/4 in. (24.1 x 9.5 x 9.5 cm.) J (fourth man in mask): 10 1/2 x 3 7/8 x 3 1/2 in. (26.7 x 9.8 x 8.9 cm.) K (fourth woman in mask): 8 3/4 Smithsonian American Art Museum Gift of Chuck and Jan Rosenak and museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment 1997.124.103A-Q

Eletrical Tattooing, 1920s-1930s Unidentified, painted wood with iron and brass trim and electrical fittings, tattooing needles and ink, paper card, labels, metal box, and glass bottles overall: 22 x 17 x 7 in. (55.9 x 43.2 x 17.7 cm) box: 20 7/8 x 14 3/8 x 7 in. (52.9 x 36.4 x 17.7 cm) Smithsonian American Art Museum Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson 1986.65.379

Protect and Serve, 1994, Nicholas Herrera, Born: El Rito, New Mexico 1964 painted wood, metal, hair, plastic 13 3/4 x 38 3/4 x 16 3/8 in. (34.9 x 98.4 x 41.6 cm.) Smithsonian American Art Museum Gift of Chuck and Jan Rosenak and museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment 1997.124.65

Wind Machine with Gabriel, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Louis Armstrong, 1984, James Leonard, Born: Orange, New Jersey 1949 cut, soldered and patinated copper on wood base, cut and soldered copper wire and sheet with localized liver of sulphur (potassium sulfide) patination 28 x 18 1/2 x 10 in. (71.1 x 47.0 x 25.4 cm.) Smithsonian American Art Museum Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson 1986.65.368

Glad You Dead You Rascal You ca. 1990 Herbert Singleton Born: New Orleans, Louisiana 1945 painted cypress 22 1/4 x 69 3/4 x 1 1/2 in. (56.5 x 177.2 x 3.8 cm.) Smithsonian American Art Museum Gift of Chuck and Jan Rosenak and museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment 1997.124.87

2 Dogs--3 BANDSMEN; and camera, 1963 Jon Serl, Born: Olean, New York 1894 Died: Lake Elsinore, California 1993 oil on fiberboard overall: 69 1/4 x 22 in. (176.0 x 55.9 cm) Smithsonian American Art Museum Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson 1986.65.138

Assemblage with Found Objects, after 1960 Simon Sparrow, Born: West Africa 1925 Died: Madison, Wisconsin 2000 carved and painted wood with collaged pieces of costume jewelry, keychains... Smithsonian American Art Museum Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. 1998.84.33

VISION OF A GREAT GULF ON PLANET HELL 1980, Howard Finster Born: Valley Head, Alabama 1916 Died: Rome, Georgia 2001, enamel on plywood with painted frame, 35 3/8 x 18 5/8 in. (90 x 47.2 cm) panel Smithsonian American Art Museum Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. 1988.74.5

Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread, ca. 1955-1970, Alexander Bogardy, Born: Hungary 1901, Died: Washington, District of Columbia 1992, oil on paperboard 20 x 30 in. (50.9 x 76.3 cm.) Smithsonian American Art Museum Gift of the artist 1990.97.3

Acupuncture Pitchfork Style, ca. 1974 John William (\"Uncle Jack\") Dey Born: Phoebus, Virginia 1912 Died: Richmond, Virginia 1978 model airplane enamel on wood 23 x 36 in. (58.5 x 91.5 cm.) Smithsonian American Art Museum Gift of Chuck and Jan Rosenak and museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment 1997.124.12