Democracy Speaks

J. Fred Woell, Democracy Speaks, 2003, wood, brass, paper, nickel, and bullet shells, 2 38 × 3 18 × 12 in. (6.0 × 7.9 × 1.3 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of J. Fred Woell, 2017.29

Artwork Details

Title
Democracy Speaks
Date
2003
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
2 38 × 3 18 × 12 in. (6.0 × 7.9 × 1.3 cm)
Credit Line
Bequest of J. Fred Woell
Mediums Description
wood, brass, paper, nickel, and bullet shells
Classifications
Subjects
  • Indian
  • Figure — fragment — eye
  • Allegory — place — America
  • Allegory — civic — democracy
Object Number
2017.29

Works by this artist (2 items)

Martha Levy, Landscape, Winter, ca. 1933-1934, oil on fiberboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the U.S. Department of Labor, 1964.1.11
Landscape, Winter
Dateca. 1933-1934
oil on fiberboard
Not on view
Martha Levy, Unidentified, Winter Scene, 1934, oil on fiberboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the U.S. Department of Labor, 1964.1.215
Winter Scene
Artist
Attributed to Martha Levy
Unidentified
Date1934
oil on fiberboard
Not on view

Exhibitions

Media - 2016.11 - SAAM-2016.11_6 - 124929
Connections: Contemporary Craft at the Renwick Gallery
November 13, 2015March 6, 2022
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.