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Ellen Lanyon, "There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it."--Edith Wharton, "Vesalius in Zante," 1902. From the series Great Ideas of Western Man., 1975, acrylic on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Container Corporation of America, 1984.124.169
- Title
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“There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.” – Edith Wharton, “Vesalius in Zante,” 1902. From the series Great Ideas of Western Man.
- Artist
- Date
- 1975
- Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 38 1⁄2 x 48 1⁄8 in. (97.8 x 122.2 cm)
- Credit Line
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
Gift of Container Corporation of America
- Mediums
- Mediums Description
- acrylic on canvas
- Classifications
- Keywords
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- Object – furniture – mirror
- Dress – accessory – handkerchief
- Animal – insect – moth
- Object – flower – rose
- Figure – fragment – hand
- Object Number
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1984.124.169
- Palette
- Linked Open Data
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