Sleep

Eugenie Gershoy, Sleep, ca. 1925-1930, marble mounted in wood box, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1984.143
Eugenie Gershoy, Sleep, ca. 1925-1930, marble mounted in wood box, 10 3⁄4 x 19 3⁄4 x 2 7⁄8 in. (27.2 x 50.2 x 7.3 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1984.143

Artwork Details

Title
Sleep
Artist
Date
ca. 1925-1930
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
10 3⁄4 x 19 3⁄4 x 2 7⁄8 in. (27.2 x 50.2 x 7.3 cm.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase
Mediums
Mediums Description
marble mounted in wood box
Classifications
Subjects
  • Figure female — nude
  • State of being — other — sleep
  • Figure female — waist length
Object Number
1984.143
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1984.143

Works by this artist (6 items)

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Paul Rand, "When men can freely communicate their thoughts and their sufferings, real or imaginary, their passions spend themselves in air, like gunpowder scattered upon the surface; but pent up by terrors, they work unseen, burst forth in a moment, and destroy everything in their course."--Thomas Erskine, on the Advantages of Free Speech, Rex v. Paine, 1792. From the series Great Ideas of Western Man., 1954, crayon, nail, and photomechanical reproduction on wood, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Container Corporation of America, 1984.124.242
“When men can freely communicate their thoughts and their…
Artist
Date1954
crayon, nail, and photomechanical reproduction on wood
On view
Paul Rand, MINUTE MAN, 1974, offset lithograph on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Source unknown, 1997.33
MINUTE MAN
Artist
Date1974
offset lithograph on paper
Not on view
Paul Rand, United States, from the United Nations Series, 1945, gouache on paper mounted on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Container Corporation of America, 1984.124.244
United States, from the United Nations Series
Artist
Date1945
gouache on paper mounted on paperboard
Not on view
Paul Rand, U. S., from the United Nations Series, 1945, gouache on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Container Corporation of America, 1984.124.243
U. S., from the United Nations Series
Artist
Date1945
gouache on paperboard
Not on view

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