Card ​“Happy Birthday, Knucklehead!”

R. Varela, Card "Happy Birthday, Knucklehead!", 1996, drawing on paper (envelope), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of A. Rudy Padilla, The Hourglass Prison Art Museum, 1998.126.23B
R. Varela, Card "Happy Birthday, Knucklehead!", 1996, drawing on paper (envelope), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of A. Rudy Padilla, The Hourglass Prison Art Museum, 1998.126.23B

Artwork Details

Title
Card ​“Happy Birthday, Knucklehead!”
Artist
Date
1996
Location
Not on view
Credit Line
Gift of A. Rudy Padilla, The Hourglass Prison Art Museum
Mediums Description
drawing on paper (envelope)
Classifications
Subjects
  • Figure male — waist length
  • Object — written matter — letter
  • Cartoon — comics — Ziggy
Object Number
1998.126.23B
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1998.126.23B

Works by this artist (2 items)

R. Varela, Card "Happy Birthday, Knucklehead!", 1996, drawing on paper (envelope), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of A. Rudy Padilla, The Hourglass Prison Art Museum, 1998.126.23B
Card ​“Happy Birthday, Knucklehead!”
Artist
Date1996
drawing on paper (envelope)
Not on view
R. Varela, Envelope to Penny Caldemeyer "Thinking of You Always", 1996, drawing on paper (envelope), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of A. Rudy Padilla, The Hourglass Prison Art Museum, 1998.126.23A
Envelope to Penny Caldemeyer ​“Thinking of You Always”
Artist
Date1996
drawing on paper (envelope)
Not on view

More Artworks from the Collection

Browse All Artworks
Jean-Michel Basquiat, Untitled, 1982, oil stick and waxed crayon on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Sam Rose and Julie Walters, 2018.16
Untitled
Artist
Date1982
oil stick and waxed crayon on paper
Not on view
Jeff Donaldson, Victory in Zimbabwe, 1980, mixed media on cardboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum Purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 2019.1, © 2018, Estate of Jeff Donaldson
Victory in Zimbabwe
Artist
Date1980
mixed media on cardboard
Not on view
"Prophet" Royal Robertson, Space Gun Drawing, n.d., pencil, marker, paint on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr., 1998.84.30
Space Gun Drawing
Artist
Daten.d.
pencil, marker, paint on paper
Not on view
Joseph Cornell, Untitled (Rorschach drawing), n.d., drawing, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of The Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation, 1991.155.408
Untitled (Rorschach drawing)
Artist
Daten.d.
drawing
Not on view