Democracy Speaks

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
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
Mediums Description
wood, brass, paper, nickel, and bullet shells
Classifications
Subjects
  • Allegory — civic — democracy
  • Allegory — place — America
  • Figure — fragment — eye
  • Indian
Object Number
2017.29
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/2017.29

Works by this artist (1 item)

Susan Kasson Sloan, Pink Stem, 1998, sterling silver, epoxy resin with pigments, glass, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Betty Kasson in memory of Michael Kasson, 1998.101
Pink Stem
Artist
Date1998
sterling silver, epoxy resin with pigments, glass
Not on view

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.

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