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"A TOKEN OF LOVE" Puzzle Bottle
ca. early 20th century Unidentified carved and painted holly with metal foil in glass bottle 8 3/8 x 1 7/8 x 1 7/8 in. (21.2 x 4.8 x 4.8 cm.) Smithsonian American Art Museum Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson 1986.65.281 Not currently on view
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"All religions must be tolerated, and the sole concern of authorities should be to see that one does not molest another, for here every man must be saved in his own way."--Frederick the Great, Cabinet Order, June 22, 1740. From the series Great Ideas of
1961 Luise Kaish Born: Atlanta, Georgia 1925 bronze 39 7/8 x 39 7/8 x 7 1/2 in. (101.4 x 101.4 x 18.9 cm) Smithsonian American Art Museum Gift of Container Corporation of America 1984.124.133 Not currently on view
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"Blessed Are the Meek for They Shall Inherit the Earth"
1948 Michael Lantz Born: New Rochelle, New York 1908 Died: New London, Connecticut 1988 Medallic Art Company (Founder) Society of Medallic Arts (Commissioner) bronze 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm) diam. Smithsonian American Art Museum Gift of the heirs of Albert Laessle: Mrs. Albertine de Bempt Laessle, Mr. Albert M. Laessle and Mr. Paul Laessle 1972.167.36 Smithsonian American Art Museum
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"BLUE DOG" Shark
ca. 1922-1928 John Orne Johnson Frost Born: Marblehead, Massachusetts 1852 Died: Marblehead, Massachusetts 1928 carved and painted wood with iron hooks 12 1/2 x 71 1/4 x 1 3/8 in. (31.8 x 181.0 x 3.4 cm.) Smithsonian American Art Museum Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson 1986.65.247 Smithsonian American Art Museum
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"Every man is the son of his own works."--Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote, 1605. From the series Great Ideas of Western Man.
1967 Leo Lionni Born: Amsterdam, Netherlands 1910 Died: Radda, Tuscany, Italy 1999 oil on wood and paper mounted on wood base 14 x 11 x 1 in. (35.6 x 28.0 x 2.6 cm.) Smithsonian American Art Museum Gift of Container Corporation of America 1984.124.185 Not currently on view
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"Every new opinion, at its starting, is precisely in a minority of one."--Thomas Carlyle, Heroes and Hero Worship, II, 1840, lecture in London, May 8. From the series Great Ideas of Western Man.
1961 Herbert Bayer Born: Haag, Austria 1900 Died: Montecito, California 1985 metal overall (includes base): 14 7/8 x 13 1/2 x 12 1/2 in. (37.9 x 34.3 x 31. Smithsonian American Art Museum Gift of Container Corporation of America 1984.124.25 Smithsonian American Art Museum
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"FIND THE MISSING MAN SALOON" Puzzle Bottle
1914 Carl Warner carved and painted wood and paper in glass bottle 12 1/4 x 3 5/8 in. diam. (31.0 x 9.2 cm. diam.) Smithsonian American Art Museum Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson 1986.65.343 Not currently on view
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"Ha' I Like Not That'"
patented 1882 John Rogers Born: Salem, Massachusetts 1829 Died: New Canaan, Connecticut 1904 painted plaster 22 x 20 3/4 x 14 3/8 in. (55.8 x 52.6 x 36.5 cm) Smithsonian American Art Museum Gift of John Rogers and Son 1882.1.4 Smithsonian American Art Museum
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"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
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"Is It So Nominated in the Bond?"
patented 1860 John Rogers Born: Salem, Massachusetts 1829 Died: New Canaan, Connecticut 1904 painted plaster 23 x 20 3/4 x 12 1/4 in. (58.3 x 52.6 x 31.0 cm) Smithsonian American Art Museum Gift of John Rogers and Son 1882.1.3 Smithsonian American Art Museum
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