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)

Sophie Rivera, Untitled, 1978, printed 2006, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 2011.24.2, © 1978, Sophie Rivera
Untitled
Date1978, printed 2006
gelatin silver print
Not on view
Sophie Rivera, Untitled, 1978, printed 2006, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 2011.24.1, © 1978, Sophie Rivera
Untitled
Date1978, printed 2006
gelatin silver print
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.

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