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Five screen video installation.

A Meditation on the Legacy of Frederick Douglass by Artist and Filmmaker Isaac Julien

Sir Isaac Julien’s moving image installation "Lessons of the Hour" interweaves period reenactments across five screens to create a vivid picture of nineteenth-century activist, writer, orator, and philosopher Frederick Douglass.

La Maison

Man Ray, La Maison, 1931, photogravure, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1976.84.7

Man Ray, La Maison, 1931, photogravure, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1976.84.7

Man Ray, La Maison, 1931, photogravure, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1976.84.7

Man Ray, La Maison, 1931, photogravure, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1976.84.7

Man Ray, La Maison, 1931, photogravure, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1976.84.7

Man Ray, La Maison, 1931, photogravure, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1976.84.7

Man Ray, La Maison, 1931, photogravure, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1976.84.7

Copied Man Ray, La Maison, 1931, photogravure, sheet: 10 ¹⁄₄ x 8 ¹⁄₈ in. (26.0 x 20.6 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1976.84.7

Artwork Details

Title: La Maison
Artist: Man Ray
Publisher: Compagnie Parisienne de Distribution d'Electricite
Date: 1931
Location: Not on view
Dimensions: sheet: 10 ¹⁄₄ x 8 ¹⁄₈ in. (26.0 x 20.6 cm.)
Credit Line: Museum purchase
Mediums Description: photogravure
Classifications: Photography
Photomechanical Reproduction
Subjects: Object — other — light bulb
Object — furniture — lamp
Object Number: 1976.84.7
Linked Open Data: https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1976.84.7