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"Ourselves are fate."--Herman Melville, White Jacket, 1850. From the series Great Ideas of Western Man.

  • Chryssa, "Ourselves are fate."--Herman Melville, White Jacket, 1850. From the series Great Ideas of Western Man., 1965, plaster relief assembled in wood frame, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Container Corporation of America, 1984.124.67

Title
"Ourselves are fate."--Herman Melville, White Jacket, 1850. From the series Great Ideas of Western Man.
Artist
Chryssa
Date
1965
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
31 5/8 x 25 5/8 x 2 3/4 in. (80.5 x 65.0 x 6.9 cm.)
Copyright
Credit Line

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Gift of Container Corporation of America

Mediums
wood
plaster
Mediums Description
plaster relief assembled in wood frame
Classifications
Sculpture
Keywords
  • Abstract
  • Literature – Melville
  • Object – letter
Object Number
1984.124.67
Palette
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