Untitled from the series American Beauties

David Levinthal, Untitled from the series American Beauties, 1990, Polaroid Polacolor ER Land Film, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of an anonymous donor, 2017.32.10, © 1990, David Levinthal
David Levinthal, Untitled from the series American Beauties, 1990, Polaroid Polacolor ER Land Film, 24 × 20 in. (61.0 × 50.8 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of an anonymous donor, 2017.32.10, © 1990, David Levinthal

Artwork Details

Title
Untitled from the series American Beauties
Date
1990
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
24 × 20 in. (61.0 × 50.8 cm)
Copyright
© 1990, David Levinthal
Credit Line
Gift of an anonymous donor
Mediums Description
Polaroid Polacolor ER Land Film
Classifications
Subjects
  • Landscape — beach
  • Figure female — full length
  • Allegory — quality — beauty
  • American
Object Number
2017.32.10

Works by this artist (21 items)

John C. Johansen, Vittorio Emanuele Orlando, 1919, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the National Art Committee, 1923.6.12
Vittorio Emanuele Orlando
Date1919
oil on canvas
Not on view
John C. Johansen, Earl Douglas Haig, Field Marshal, 1919, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of an anonymous donor, 1926.7.16
Earl Douglas Haig, Field Marshal
Date1919
oil on canvas
Not on view

Exhibitions

Media - 2017.32.10 - SAAM-2017.32.10_1 - 133751
American Myth & Memory: David Levinthal Photographs 
June 7, 2019October 14, 2019
Populated with toy cowboys and cavalry, Barbie dolls and baseball players, David Levinthal’s photographs reference iconic images and events that shaped postwar American society.

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