Gold-fringed walls and piñata corncobs transform the Grand Salon of SAAM's Renwick Gallery and highlight the role of maize in North American visual culture.
born New York City 1871-died Santa Barbara, CA 1950
Albert Herter, Self-Portrait in Costume of Hamlet, ca. 1900, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Christian Herter 1977.100.