Gold-fringed walls and piñata corncobs transform the Grand Salon of SAAM's Renwick Gallery and highlight the role of maize in North American visual culture.
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Robert King, Untitled (Set of Silverware), ca. 1965, sterling silver and ebony, part A (dinner fork): 8 x 3⁄4 x 1⁄4 in. (20.3 x 1.7 x 0.6 cm) part B (salad fork): 7 x 11⁄8 x 1⁄2 in. (17.9 x 2.9 x 1.3 cm) part C (teaspoon): 65⁄8 x 13⁄4 x 1⁄8 in. (16.8 x 4.4 x 0.3 cm) part D (soup spoon): 71⁄8 x 17⁄8 x 1⁄4 in. (18.1 x 4.8 x 0.6 cm) part E (dinner knife): 10 x 1 x 1⁄2 in. (25.4 x 2.7 x 1.3 cm) part F (butter knife): 63⁄8 x 31⁄4 x 3⁄8 in. (16.2 x 8.3 x 1.0 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist, 2005.30A-F
part A (dinner fork): 8 x 3⁄4 x 1⁄4 in. (20.3 x 1.7 x 0.6 cm) part B (salad fork): 7 x 11⁄8 x 1⁄2 in. (17.9 x 2.9 x 1.3 cm) part C (teaspoon): 65⁄8 x 13⁄4 x 1⁄8 in. (16.8 x 4.4 x 0.3 cm) part D (soup spoon): 71⁄8 x 17⁄8 x 1⁄4 in. (18.1 x 4.8 x 0.6 cm) part E (dinner knife): 10 x 1 x 1⁄2 in. (25.4 x 2.7 x 1.3 cm) part F (butter knife): 63⁄8 x 31⁄4 x 3⁄8 in. (16.2 x 8.3 x 1.0 cm)
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Robert King, Untitled (Set of Silverware), ca. 1965, sterling silver and ebony, part A (dinner fork): 8 x 3⁄4 x 1⁄4 in. (20.3 x 1.7 x 0.6 cm) part B (salad fork): 7 x 11⁄8 x 1⁄2 in. (17.9 x 2.9 x 1.3 cm) part C (teaspoon): 65⁄8 x 13⁄4 x 1⁄8 in. (16.8 x 4.4 x 0.3 cm) part D (soup spoon): 71⁄8 x 17⁄8 x 1⁄4 in. (18.1 x 4.8 x 0.6 cm) part E (dinner knife): 10 x 1 x 1⁄2 in. (25.4 x 2.7 x 1.3 cm) part F (butter knife): 63⁄8 x 31⁄4 x 3⁄8 in. (16.2 x 8.3 x 1.0 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist, 2005.30A-F
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