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Smithsonian American Art Museum

Open daily, 11:30 a.m.–7 p.m.

The nation’s first collection of American art, an unparalleled record of the American experience.

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Open daily, 10 a.m.–5:30 p.m.

Located just feet from the White House, a branch of the museum that is home the nation's collection of contemporary craft and decorative art.

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How Do I Research My Art?

Want to learn more about the painting you found while clearing out the attic? For answers, be prepared for a little detective work.

How to Care for Your Collections

Regardless of the monetary value of your artwork, if it is personally meaningful, you should consider having the object conserved.

Recording a Changing Nation

This resource uses images from photographic surveys in 55 communities in 30 states across the United States as source documents to spark sustained inquiry.

Critical Thinking in Action

These 60-to-95-minute units pair thinking patterns with works of art to instill a thinking disposition transferable across classroom curriculum and into the wider world.

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Detail of brown ceramic jar with writing and the signature "Dave" inscribed around the top.

David “Dave” Drake: Potter and Poet

Craftsman David “Dave” Drake, enslaved for most of his life, produced uncommonly large ceramic jars in 19th-century South Carolina adorned by his poetic verses

A black case that is open to reveal smaller compartments and utensils mounted in the lid. Boxes wrapped in brown paper are stacked on the side.

Contemporary Craft in Focus: The Weight of Deferred Gratification

Metalsmith David Harper Clemons creates art that gives new meanings to everyday objects

Director’s Circle

A national membership group of museum friends who share a love of American art and craft and our commitment to celebrating the extraordinary creativity of our nation’s artists.

A membership group for young professionals who are interested in immersing themselves in the American art experience.

Nude Seated at Her Dressing Table

Media - 1997.62 - SAAM-1997.62_1 - 67472

Copied Frederick Carl Frieseke, Nude Seated at Her Dressing Table, 1909, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Sidney Avery and Diana Avery 1978 Trust, 1997.62

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Artwork Details

Title: Nude Seated at Her Dressing Table
Artist: Frederick Carl Frieseke
Date: 1909
Location: Not on view
Dimensions: 63 ⁷⁄₈ x 51 ⁵⁄₈ in. (162.2 x 131.1 cm.)
Credit Line: Gift of the Sidney Avery and Diana Avery 1978 Trust
Mediums: oil
Mediums Description: oil on canvas
Classifications: Painting
Keywords: Object — furniture — chair
Recreation — leisure — grooming
Figure female — full length
Object — furniture — desk
Figure female — nude
Object Number: 1997.62
Linked Open Data: https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1997.62