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Jerry N. Uelsmann, "I believe that man will not merely endure he will prevail. He is immortal not because he alone among creatures has an inexhaustible voice but because he has a soul, a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance."--William Faulkner, Nobel , 1966, gelatin silver print, image: 13 3⁄4 x 10 in. (34.9 x 25.5 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Container Corporation of America, 1984.124.293
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Artwork Details
- Title
- “I believe that man will not merely endure he will prevail. He is immortal not because he alone among creatures has an inexhaustible voice but because he has a soul, a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance.” – William Faulkner, Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech, Stockholm, December 1950. From the series Great Ideas of Western Man.
- Artist
- Date
- 1966
- Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- image: 13 3⁄4 x 10 in. (34.9 x 25.5 cm.)
- Markings
- backing verso upper center in ball-point pen and ink: 521/N.W./Host/D (written upside down and sideways) backing verso upper right in ball-point pen and ink: 41 (in a circle and sideways) backing verso center in pencil: 95 (written sideways) backing verso lower center in pencil: 8 (in a circle and sideways) frame recto center left printed: "I believe that man will not merely endure he will prevail. He is immortal... backing verso lower center stamped in colored ink: (half of a stamp visible)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Container Corporation of America
- Mediums Description
- gelatin silver print
- Classifications
- Keywords
- Landscape
- Figure female — head
- Landscape — imaginary
- Figure female — knee length
- Allegory — quality — determination
- Allegory — religion — immortality
- Object Number
- 1984.124.293