Destruction of Atlantis

Peter Minchell, Destruction of Atlantis, ca. 1972, watercolor and pencil on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson, 1986.65.182
Peter Minchell, Destruction of Atlantis, ca. 1972, watercolor and pencil on paper, 18 1⁄8 x 26 in. (45.9 x 65.9 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson, 1986.65.182

Artwork Details

Title
Destruction of Atlantis
Artist
Date
ca. 1972
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
18 1⁄8 x 26 in. (45.9 x 65.9 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson
Mediums
Mediums Description
watercolor and pencil on paper
Classifications
Subjects
  • Architecture — ruins
  • Waterscape — coast
  • Landscape — imaginary
  • Disaster — earthquake
  • Architecture — detail — column
Object Number
1986.65.182
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1986.65.182

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Peter Minchell, Amazon Region Series, 1974, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Robert and Joan Doty, 1992.57
Amazon Region Series
Artist
Date1974
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Peter Minchell, Hurricane, 1973, watercolor and ink on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of a friend of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr., 1998.123
Hurricane
Artist
Date1973
watercolor and ink on paper
Not on view
Peter Minchell, THE ENEMY FLED SEEING JUDITH WITH THE HEAD of HOLOFERNES, 1973, watercolor, pen and ink, and pencil on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson, 1986.65.183
THE ENEMY FLED SEEING JUDITH WITH THE HEAD of HOLOFERNES
Artist
Date1973
watercolor, pen and ink, and pencil on paper
Not on view
Image Not Available
FALL OF JERUSALEM 70 A.D.
Artist
Dateca. 1972
watercolor and pencil on paper
Not on view

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