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Democracy Speaks

J. Fred Woell, Democracy Speaks, 2003, wood, brass, paper, nickel, and bullet shells, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of J. Fred Woell, 2017.29

J. Fred Woell, Democracy Speaks, 2003, wood, brass, paper, nickel, and bullet shells, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of J. Fred Woell, 2017.29

J. Fred Woell, Democracy Speaks, 2003, wood, brass, paper, nickel, and bullet shells, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of J. Fred Woell, 2017.29

Copied J. Fred Woell, Democracy Speaks, 2003, wood, brass, paper, nickel, and bullet shells, 2 ³⁄₈ × 3 ¹⁄₈ × ¹⁄₂ in. (6.0 × 7.9 × 1.3 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of J. Fred Woell, 2017.29

Artwork Details

Title: Democracy Speaks
Artist: J. Fred Woell
Date: 2003
Location: Not on view
Dimensions: 2 ³⁄₈ × 3 ¹⁄₈ × ¹⁄₂ in. (6.0 × 7.9 × 1.3 cm)
Credit Line: Bequest of J. Fred Woell
Mediums: wood
brass
nickel
Mediums Description: wood, brass, paper, nickel, and bullet shells
Classifications: Decorative Arts
Keywords: Indian
Figure — fragment — eye
Allegory — place — America
Allegory — civic — democracy
Object Number: 2017.29
Linked Open Data: https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/2017.29

Exhibitions

Media - 2016.11 - SAAM-2016.11_6 - 124929

Connections: Contemporary Craft at the Renwick Gallery

November 13, 2015–March 6, 2022

Renwick Gallery

Connections is the Renwick Gallery’s dynamic ongoing permanent collection presentation, featuring more than 80 objects celebrating craft as a discipline and an approach to living differently in the modern world.