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  • Image of "Ideals are like stars; you will not succeed in touching them with your hands. But like the seafaring man on the desert of waters, you choose them as your guides, and following them you will reach your destiny."--Carl Schurz, Address,

    "Ideals are like stars; you will not succeed in touching them with your hands. But like the seafaring man on the desert of waters, you choose them as your guides, and following them you will reach your destiny."--Carl Schurz, Address,

    ca. 1957-1958 Joseph Cornell Born: Nyack, New York 1903 Died: New York, New York 1972 mixed media: painted and stained wood, glass, shells, driftwood, and paper, assembled, glued, and nailed 17 3/8 x 12 7/8 x 3 1/2 in. (44.2 x 32.7 x 8.9 cm.) Smithsonian American Art Museum Gift of Container Corporation of America 1984.124.71 Not currently on view

  • Image of (Bacchanale Revel, Pan and Procession)

    (Bacchanale Revel, Pan and Procession)

    ca. 1916 Louis Schaettle Born: Chicago, Illinois 1867 Died: New York, New York 1917 pencil, watercolor, tempera and pastel on paper sheet: 12 7/8 x 35 in. (32.7 x 88.9 cm) Smithsonian American Art Museum Gift of Mae Schaettle 1966.32.1 Not currently on view

  • Image of (Centaur and Nymph) {recto-A} (Centaur and Nymph) {verso-B}

    (Centaur and Nymph) {recto-A} (Centaur and Nymph) {verso-B}

    n.d. Paul Manship Born: St. Paul, Minnesota 1885 Died: New York, New York 1966 pencil and pen and ink on paper sheet: 8 1/4 x 5 3/8 in. (21.0 x 13.6 cm) Smithsonian American Art Museum Bequest of Paul Manship 1966.47.298A-B Not currently on view

  • Image of (Diana)

    (Diana)

    n.d. Paul Manship Born: St. Paul, Minnesota 1885 Died: New York, New York 1966 pen and ink on tracing paper sheet: 5 x 2 7/8 in. (12.7 x 7.2 cm) Smithsonian American Art Museum Bequest of Paul Manship 1966.47.286 Not currently on view

  • Image of (Female Nude with Flying Drapery) (Maenad)

    (Female Nude with Flying Drapery) (Maenad)

    n.d. Paul Manship Born: St. Paul, Minnesota 1885 Died: New York, New York 1966 pencil on tracing paper sheet: 10 1/8 x 6 7/8 in. (25.8 x 17.6 cm) Smithsonian American Art Museum Bequest of Paul Manship 1966.47.296 Not currently on view

  • Image of (Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) The Fates Gathering in the Stars

    (Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) The Fates Gathering in the Stars

    1883-1884 Elihu Vedder Born: New York, New York 1836 Died: Rome, Italy 1923 chalk, pencil, ink and watercolor on paper sheet: 17 1/2 x 13 3/8 in. (44.4 x 34.1 cm) Smithsonian American Art Museum Museum purchase and gift from Elizabeth W. Henderson in memory of her husband Francis Tracy Henderson 1978.108.37 Not currently on view

  • Image of (Orpheus and Pegasus)

    (Orpheus and Pegasus)

    ca. 1930s Paul Manship Born: St. Paul, Minnesota 1885 Died: New York, New York 1966 pen and ink and pencil on paper sheet: 5 3/8 x 2 3/4 in. (13.5 x 7.1 cm) Smithsonian American Art Museum Bequest of Paul Manship 1966.47.228 Not currently on view

  • Image of (Orpheus)

    (Orpheus)

    n.d. Paul Manship Born: St. Paul, Minnesota 1885 Died: New York, New York 1966 pencil on paper sheet: 2 1/2 x 1 3/4 in. (6.4 x 4.3 cm) Smithsonian American Art Museum Bequest of Paul Manship 1966.47.226 Not currently on view

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    (Prometheus Bound)

    n.d. Paul Manship Born: St. Paul, Minnesota 1885 Died: New York, New York 1966 pen and ink and pencil on paper sheet: 7 1/8 x 4 1/8 in. (18.1 x 10.6 cm) Smithsonian American Art Museum Bequest of Paul Manship 1966.47.276 Not currently on view

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    (Prometheus Studies)

    ca. 1933 Paul Manship Born: St. Paul, Minnesota 1885 Died: New York, New York 1966 pen and ink and pencil on tracing paper sheet: 4 1/8 x 4 1/4 in. (10.6 x 10.8 cm) Smithsonian American Art Museum Bequest of Paul Manship 1966.47.275 Not currently on view