Jesus is my air Plane

Sister Gertrude Morgan, Jesus is my air Plane, ca. 1970, tempera, ballpoint 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, 1986.65.187
Sister Gertrude Morgan, Jesus is my air Plane, ca. 1970, tempera, ballpoint pen and ink, and pencil on paper, 1826 38 in. (45.767.0 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr., and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson, 1986.65.187

Artwork Details

Title
Jesus is my air Plane
Date
ca. 1970
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
1826 38 in. (45.767.0 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr., and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson
Mediums Description
tempera, ballpoint pen and ink, and pencil on paper
Classifications
Subjects
  • Figure group
  • African American
  • Travel — air — airplane
  • Allegory — religion — salvation
  • Architecture Exterior — domestic — apartment
Object Number
1986.65.187

Works by this artist (6 items)

George Charles Aid, Rain at Dordrecht, n.d., etching, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Olin Dows, 1979.136.3
Rain at Dordrecht
Daten.d.
etching
Not on view
George Charles Aid, Pont Royal, n.d., etching, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Olin Dows, 1979.136.5
Pont Royal
Daten.d.
etching
Not on view
George Charles Aid, La Maison de la Blanchisseuse, n.d., etching, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Chicago Society of Etchers, 1935.13.5
La Maison de la Blanchisseuse
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etching
Not on view
George Charles Aid, Windmill, Zwyndrecht, n.d., etching, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Olin Dows, 1979.136.6
Windmill, Zwyndrecht
Daten.d.
etching
Not on view

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