Bee Pile

Sonia Romero, Bee Pile, 2010, block printing on hand-sewn felt, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Lichtenberg Family Foundation, 2020.18, © 2010, Sonia Romero
Sonia Romero, Bee Pile, 2010, block printing on hand-sewn felt, overall: 15 × 7 in. (38.1 × 17.8 cm) small bees: 2 12 × 1 34 in. (6.4 × 4.4 cm) medium bees: 3 × 2 12 in. (7.6 × 6.4 cm) large bees: 4 × 3 in. (10.2 × 7.6 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Lichtenberg Family Foundation, 2020.18, © 2010, Sonia Romero

Artwork Details

Title
Bee Pile
Artist
Date
2010
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
overall: 15 × 7 in. (38.1 × 17.8 cm) small bees: 2 12 × 1 34 in. (6.4 × 4.4 cm) medium bees: 3 × 2 12 in. (7.6 × 6.4 cm) large bees: 4 × 3 in. (10.2 × 7.6 cm)
Copyright
© 2010, Sonia Romero
Credit Line
Museum purchase through the Lichtenberg Family Foundation
Mediums
Mediums Description
block printing on hand-sewn felt
Classifications
Subjects
  • Animal — insect — bee
Object Number
2020.18

Works by this artist (10 items)

Carrie Mae Weems, Lincoln, Lonnie, and Me - A Story in 5 Parts, 2012, video installation and mixed media, color, sound; 18:29 minutes, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the American Women's History Initiative Acquisitions Pool, administered by the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative, 2023.9A-G, © Carrie Mae Weems. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.
Lincoln, Lonnie, and Me — A Story in 5 Parts
Date2012
video installation and mixed media, color, sound; 18:29 minutes
Not on view
Carrie Mae Weems, Suspended Belief, from the series Constructing History, 2008, archival pigment print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 2022.48.5, © Carrie Mae Weems. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.
Suspended Belief, from the series Constructing History
Date2008
archival pigment print
Not on view
Carrie Mae Weems, A Woman Observes, from the series Constructing History, 2008, archival pigment print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 2022.48.1, © Carrie Mae Weems. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.
A Woman Observes, from the series Constructing History
Date2008
archival pigment print
Not on view

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