We both consider the people as our children and love them with parental affection but you love them as infants whom you are afraid to trust withoutnurses and I as adults whom I freely leave to self-government. – Thomas Jefferson. From the series Great 

Herbert Bayer, We both consider the people as our children and love them with parental affection but you love them as infants whom you are afraid to trust withoutnurses and I as adults whom I freely leave to self-government.--Thomas Jefferson. From the series Great Ideas., 1957, gouache on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Container Corporation of America, 1984.124.28
Herbert Bayer, We both consider the people as our children and love them with parental affection but you love them as infants whom you are afraid to trust withoutnurses and I as adults whom I freely leave to self-government.--Thomas Jefferson. From the series Great , 1957, gouache on paperboard, sheet: 15 x 11 3⁄4 in. (38.1 x 29.9 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Container Corporation of America, 1984.124.28

Artwork Details

Title
We both consider the people as our children and love them with parental affection but you love them as infants whom you are afraid to trust withoutnurses and I as adults whom I freely leave to self-government. – Thomas Jefferson. From the series Great Ideas.
Artist
Date
1957
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
sheet: 15 x 11 3⁄4 in. (38.1 x 29.9 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Container Corporation of America
Mediums
Mediums Description
gouache on paperboard
Classifications
Subjects
  • Object — written matter
Object Number
1984.124.28
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1984.124.28

Works by this artist (29 items)

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Herbert Bayer, "Every new opinion, at its starting, is precisely in a minority of one."--Thomas Carlyle, Heroes and Hero Worship, II, 1840, lecture in London, May 8. From the series Great Ideas of Western Man., 1961, metal, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Container Corporation of America, 1984.124.25
“Every new opinion, at its starting, is precisely in a…
Artist
Date1961
metal
On view
Herbert Bayer, "Reason Is Language, Logos."--Johann Georg Hamann (1730-1738). From the series Great Ideas., 1966, acrylic on prepared fiberboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Container Corporation of America, 1984.124.16
“Reason Is Language, Logos.” – Johann Georg Hamann (1730…
Artist
Date1966
acrylic on prepared fiberboard
Not on view
Herbert Bayer, "God made the world and all things therein...and has made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on the face of the earth..."--St. Paul. Fromthe series Great Ideas of Western Man., 1958, color screenprint and conte crayon on fabric mounted on board mounted on masonite, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Container Corporation of America, 1984.124.21
“God made the world and all things therein…and has made…
Artist
Date1958
color screenprint and conte crayon on fabric mounted on board mounted on masonite
Not on view
Herbert Bayer, We both consider the people as our children and love them with parental affection but you love them as infants whom you are afraid to trust withoutnurses and I as adults whom I freely leave to self-government.--Thomas Jefferson. From the series Great Ideas., 1957, gouache on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Container Corporation of America, 1984.124.28
We both consider the people as our children and love them…
Artist
Date1957
gouache on paperboard
Not on view

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