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László Meitner, Untitled "Human affairs would be much more happily conducted if it were equally in the power of man to be silent and to speak; but experience shows over and over again that there is nothing which men have less power over than the tongue, and that there is, 1952, gouache on paperboard, sheet: 17 5⁄8 x 17 3⁄8 in. (44.7 x 44.2 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Container Corporation of America, 1984.124.212
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Artwork Details
- Title
- Untitled “Human affairs would be much more happily conducted if it were equally in the power of man to be silent and to speak; but experience shows over and over again that there is nothing which men have less power over than the tongue, and that there is nothing which they are less able to do than to govern their appetites.” – Spinoza on self-control. From the series Great Ideas.
- Artist
- Date
- 1952
- Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- sheet: 17 5⁄8 x 17 3⁄8 in. (44.7 x 44.2 cm)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Container Corporation of America
- Mediums
- Mediums Description
- gouache on paperboard
- Classifications
- Keywords
- Figure male — bust
- Object Number
- 1984.124.212