Sowing (III)

William H. Johnson, Sowing (III), ca. 1940, tempera and ink and pencil on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Harmon Foundation, 1967.59.167
William H. Johnson, Sowing (III), ca. 1940, tempera and ink and pencil on paper, sight 10 7⁄8 x 15 in. (27.6 x 38.0 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Harmon Foundation, 1967.59.167

Artwork Details

Title
Sowing (III)
Artist
Date
ca. 1940
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
sight 10 7⁄8 x 15 in. (27.6 x 38.0 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the Harmon Foundation
Mediums
Mediums Description
tempera and ink and pencil on paper
Classifications
Subjects
  • Occupation — farm — sowing
  • Animal — donkey
  • African American
  • Landscape — farm
  • Figure group
Object Number
1967.59.167
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1967.59.167

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William H. Rau, Full Moon, n.d., albumen silver print mounted to stereographic card, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase from the Charles Isaacs Collection made possible in part by the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 1994.91.245
Full Moon
Artist
Daten.d.
albumen silver print mounted to stereographic card
Not on view
William H. Rau, Admiral Dewey, Hero of Manila, after 1898, albumen silver prints mounted to stereographic card, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase from the Charles Isaacs Collection made possible in part by the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 1994.91.242
Admiral Dewey, Hero of Manila
Artist
Dateafter 1898
albumen silver prints mounted to stereographic card
Not on view
William H. Rau, Sampson's Fleet. A Gunner of the "Iowa", 1898, albumen silver print mounted to stereographic card, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum Purchase from the Charles Isaacs Collection made possible in part by the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 1994.91.238
Sampson’s Fleet. A Gunner of the ​“Iowa”
Artist
Date1898
albumen silver print mounted to stereographic card
Not on view
William H. Rau, Owasco Lake, Cascade Glen, for the Lehigh Valley Railroad, 1899, albumen silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase from the Charles Isaacs Collection made possible in part by the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 1994.91.151
Owasco Lake, Cascade Glen, for the Lehigh Valley Railroad
Artist
Date1899
albumen silver print
Not on view

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