New Acquisitions

Kit Paulson, Lungs, 2020, flameworked borosilicate glass, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Kenneth R. Trapp Acquisition Fund, 2021.22

Laura Aguilar, Julia, from the Latina Lesbians series, 1987, Gelatin silver print, 14 x 11 in., Signed and dated 1990, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase

Laura Aguilar, Nature Self-Portrait #12, Gelatin silver print, 16 x 20 in., signed, dated, and numbered 10/10, Museum purchase

Carolyn Crump, BLM-4, 2020, cotton fabric, cotton thread, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Kenneth R. Trapp Acquisition Fund, 2021.15, © 2020, Carolyn Crump

Unidentified artist, Untitled (hair band, young boy), ca. 1865, daguerreotype, woven hair, metal fittings. Smithsonian American Art Museum, the L. J. West Collection of Photographic Jewelry, Museum purchase made possible through the Franz H. and Luisita L. Denghausen Endowment

G. J. Goodridge, Mrs. Glenalvin Goodridge (Rhoda), 1859, sixth-plate ambrotype. Smithsonian American Art Museum, the L. J. West Collection of Early African American Photography, Museum purchase made possible through the Franz H. and Luisita L. Denghausen Endowment

J. P. Ball, Untitled (young boy), undated, sixth-plate daguerreotype. Smithsonian American Art Museum, the L. J. West Collection of Early African American Photography, Museum purchase made possible through the Franz H. and Luisita L. Denghausen Endowment

Unidentified artist, Untitled (family, painted backdrop), undated, tintype. Smithsonian American Art Museum, the L. J. West Collection of Early American Photography, Museum purchase made possible through the Franz H. and Luisita L. Denghausen Endowment

Unidentified artist, Untitled (brooch, man with goatee), undated, albumen print in metal setting. Smithsonian American Art Museum, the L. J. West Collection of Photographic Jewelry, Museum purchase made possible through the Franz H. and Luisita L. Denghausen Endowment

Unidentified artist, Untitled (pin, woman in hat), undated, celluloid in metal setting. Smithsonian American Art Museum, the L. J. West Collection of Photographic Jewelry, Museum purchase made possible through the Franz H. and Luisita L. Denghausen Endowment

Unidentified artist, Untitled(woman with hair ribbon), undated, sixth-plate ambrotype. Smithsonian American Art Museum, the L. J. West Collection of Early American Photography, Museum purchase made possible through the Franz H. and Luisita L. Denghausen Endowment

Unidentified, Untitled, Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Woman, ca. 1846-1848, daguerreotype, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the William and Christine Ragland Family Photography Endowment and the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 2021.20

Tumbling Blocks, 1930, 88 1/2 x 74 1/2 in., Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Faith and Stephen Brown. Image courtesy of Faith and Stephen Brown

Sunshine and Shadow, 1930, 89 x 86 in., Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Faith and Stephen Brown. Image courtesy of Faith and Stephen Brown

David "Dave" Drake, Untitled (Jar), 19th century, stoneware with alkaline glaze, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Ann and Tom Cousins, 2021.76.2

David "Dave" Drake, Untitled (Verse Jar), 1860, stoneware with alkaline glaze, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Ann and Tom Cousins, 2021.76.1

John Ahearn, Rigoberto Torres, Young Man of Anacostia, 1992/2019, plaster, acrylic paint, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Washington Project for the Arts with support from Mike Wilkins and Sheila Duignan, 2021.16

Ching Ho Cheng, Kiss, 1971, gouache and ink on rag board, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 2021.6, © 1971, Estate of Ching Ho Cheng / Artists Rights Society (ARS)

Tseng Kwong Chi, Provincetown, Massachusetts, from the series East Meets West, 1979, printed 2008, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment and the Asian Pacific American Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center, 2021.14.4, © Muna Tseng Dance Projects, Inc.

Tseng Kwong Chi, Paris, France, from the series East Meets West, 1983, printed 2008, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment and the Asian Pacific American Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center, 2021.14.5, © Muna Tseng Dance Projects, Inc.

Andrew Clemens, Untitled (The Mary Heye Bottle), 1883, naturally colored rock sand in pill bottle, sealed with wax, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift from the estate of Mary Brashier, granddaughter of Mary Heye, 2021.69

Willem de Kooning, Untitled, 1966, oil and newspaper on board, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of David Motheral in honor of Cornelia J. Strawser, 2021.97.1

Barbara Jean Jones-Hogu, Rise and Take Control, 1971, screenprint on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase made possible by the American Art Forum, 2021.26.2, © 1971, Estate of Barbara Jones-Hogu

Grandma Moses, Whiteside Church, 1945, oil on pressed wood, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Kallir Family in Memory of Otto Kallir, 2021.71.2

Grandma Moses, Cambridge Valley, 1942, oil on pressed wood, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Kallir Family in Memory of Otto Kallir, 2021.71.1

Nick Quijano, Mercado (Market), 2020, gouache on paper with wood matte, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase made possible by the Catherine Walden Myer Fund, 2021.46.6, © 2021, Nick Quijano

Nellie Mae Rowe, Self-Portrait, 1981, crayon and paint on cardboard with artist-made frame, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment and the American Women’s History Initiative Acquisitions Pool, administered by the Smithsonian American Women’s History Initiative, 2021.29.8

Nelson L. Stevens, Homer De Brave, 1970, screenprint on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase made possible by the American Art Forum, 2021.13

Christine Sun Kim, The Star-Spangled Banner (Third Verse), 2020, charcoal on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase and purchase through the Asian Pacific American Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center and through the Julia D. Strong Endowment, 2021.31.1, © 2020, Christine Sun Kim. Courtesy of the artist and François Ghebaly, Los Angeles

Tiffany Chung, reconstructing an exodus history: boat trajectories from Vietnam and flight routes from refugee camps and of ODP cases, 2020, embroidery on fabric, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment and through the American Women’s History Initiative, 2021.37

Dorothea Lange, White Angel Breadline, 1933, printed 1958-1966, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 2020.1.3

Mabel Pugh, At the Tubs, ca. 1936-1960, lithograph, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the North Carolina Museum of Art (Gift of the artist, 1977), 2020.4.1

Ester Hernández, Wanted, 2010, screenprint on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist, 2020.12.1, © 2010, Ester Hernández

Christine Sun Kim, Close Readings, 2015. With Jeffrey Mansfield, Ariel Baker-Gibbs, Alison O’ Daniel, Lauren Ridloff. Four channel digital video. 25 min 53 sec.

Katrina Mitten, MMIW, 2020, cotton fabric, ribbon, Czech seed beads, bone, shell, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Kenneth R. Trapp Acquisition Fund, 2020.29.1, © 4/2020, Katrina Mitten

Vicki Lee Soboleff, Yellow Cedar Face Mask, 2020, yellow cedar and sinew, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Kenneth R. Trapp Acquisition Fund, 2020.29.2, © June 1, 2020, Vicki Soboleff

Marlana Thompson, Ononkwashon: a/Medicine Plants, 2020, black velveteen, red flannel, Czech seed beads, sweetgrass, sage, and leather, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Kenneth R. Trapp Acquisition Fund, 2020.29.3, © April 28, 2020, Marlana Thompson

Miguel Luciano, Double Phantom/EntroP.R., 2017, 1952 Schwinn Phantom bicycles, flags, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase made possible by Marianna and Juan A. Sabater, 2020.25.1, © 2017 Miguel Luciano. Installation view courtesy of BRIC House, Brooklyn, NY. Photo: Jason Wyche

Oree Originol, Justice For Our Lives, 2014-Present, 78 digital images, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Patricia Tobacco Forrester Endowment, 2020.51A-MM, © 2014, Oree Originol. Photo by Albert Ting. 

Rupert García, Obama from Douglass, 2010, pigment inkjet on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 2020.42.5, © 2010, Rupert García. Photo by Albert Ting.

Sandra C. Fernández, Mourning and Dreaming High: con mucha fé, 2014-2018, lithography, thread drawings, milagros, collage, pages of an 18th-century book, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Frank K. Ribelin Endowment, 2019.34.1A-S, ©2014, Sandra C. Fernández. Photo by Albert Ting. 

Julio Salgado, I Am UndocuQueer- Reyna W., 2012, digital image, JPG, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Lichtenberg Family Foundation, 2020.37.4, © 2020, Julio Salgado

Julia Kwon, Unapologetically Asian, 2020, Korean silk, cotton canvas, muslin, elastic, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Kenneth R. Trapp Acquisition Fund, 2021.1, © 2020, Julia Kwon

Cauleen Smith, Sojourner, 2018, digital video, color, sound, 22:41 minutes, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase made possible by the SJ Weiler Fund, 2020.54.1, © 2020, Cauleen Smith

Thornton Dial, Sr., The Beginning of Life in the Yellow Jungle, 2003, plastic soda bottles, doll, clothing, bedding, wire, found metal, rubber glove, turtle shell, artificial flowers, Splash Zone compound, enamel, and spray paint on canvas on wood, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Partial gift of Debbie Simon and Tim Grumbacher and museum purchase, 2020.80

Richard Duardo, Aztlan, 1982, screenprint on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Samuel and Blanche Koffler Acquisition Fund, 2020.23, © 1982, Estate of Saul Richard Duardo

Ricardo Favela, RCAF, Centennial Means 500 Years of Genocide!, 1976, screenprint on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Frank K. Ribelin Endowment, 2020.6.1, © 1976, Estate of Ricardo Favela

Gronk, Ta Ra Ra Boom De De, 1988, acrylic on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift from the Trustees of the Corcoran Gallery of Art (Gift of The Friends of the Corcoran), 2020.20.110

Jeffrey Gibson, A Little Bit Louder, 2018, printed polyester, canvas, sequined fabric, nylon ribbon, copper and tin jingles, plastic beads, artificial sinew, and tipi poles, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 2020.5.2, © 2019, Jeffrey Gibson

Jeffrey Gibson, Watchtower, 2018, polyester satin, printed chiffon, polyester organza, canvas, tin jingles, nylon fringe, assorted glass, plastic, and stone beads, acrylic mirrors, sheet acrylic, nylon thread, artificial sinew, tipi poles, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 2020.5.1, © 2019, Jeffrey Gibson

Jeffrey Gibson, WITHOUT YOU I'M NOTHING, 2018, polyester satin, neoprene, polyester, acrylic felt, canvas, acrylic paint,  assorted glass, plastic, stone, and bone beads, brass grommets, acrylic yarn, batting, polyester laces, artificial sinew, and tipi poles, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 2020.5.3, © 2019, Jeffrey Gibson

Abastenia St. Léger Eberle, You Dare Touch My Child, ca. 1914-1916, bronze, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift from the Trustees of the Corcoran Gallery of Art (Gift of the artist), 2020.20.64

Barbara Jean Jones-Hogu, One People Unite, 1969, screenprint on gold paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Thom Pegg, Tyler Fine Art., 2020.59.1

Dan Miller, Untitled, 2009, typewriter ink on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Creative Growth Art Center, 2020.16.1

Chiura Obata, Point Lobos, Monterey, California, 1922, two panel screen, ink on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Estate of Chiura Obata, 2020.72.1

Favianna Rodriguez, Migration Is Beautiful, 2018, digital image, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Julia D. Strong Endowment, 2020.38.3, © 2020, Favianna Rodriguez

Anthony Joseph Salvatore, Untitled (Biblical Scene, possibly "The Burning Bush"), 1983, craypas, acrylic, and oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Josh Feldstein, in honor of Estelle Friedman, 2020.78

Barbara Chase-Riboud, Zanzibar/Black, 1974-1975, bronze with black patina, silk and wool over a steel armature

Minnie Evans, Airlie Oak, 1954, oil paint on wood

Ken Ohara, ONE, 1970, printed 1998, gelatin silver print

Mark Klett, Panorama of San Francisco from California Street Hill, 1990, 13 gelatin silver prints

David Lawrence Levinthal, Untitled from the Series IED, 2008, inkjet print

David Lawrence Levinthal, Sinking of the Titanic from the series History, 2014, inkjet print

William S. Schwartz, Reclining Nude (Lithograph #6), 1928, lithograph on paper

Film Still, Arthur Jafa, Love is the Message, The Message is Death, 2016 Video, color and black-and-white, soundRunning time: 7 minutes, 30 seconds Courtesy of Arthur Jafa and Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York/ Rome

Tito Canepa, Nude in the Grass, 1939, oil on canvas

Tito Canepa, The Jester, 1940, oil on canvas

Mary Jackson, Vase with Handle, 2018, sweetgrass, pine needles, bulrush, and palmetto

Judy Chicago, Immolation, from the portfolio "On Fire", 1972, printed 2013, inkjet print on paper

Josh Simpson, Megaplanet, 2005, glass

William T. Wiley, Studio Space, 1975, acrylic and charcoal on canvas

Do Ho Suh, Radiator, Corridor/Ground Floor, 348 West 22nd Street, New York, NY 10011, USA, 2013, polyester fabric, stainless steel armature, and display case with LED lighting

Nari Ward, Swing, 2010, shoe tips, car tire, shoe tongues, rope