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Ralph E. Eckerstrom, "We can never be sure that the opinion we are endeavoring to stifle is a false opinion; and if we were sure, stifling it would be an evil still."--John Stuart Mill on Liberty, 1859. From the series Great Ideas of Western Man., 1959, watercolor and gouache on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Container Corporation of America, 1984.124.87
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Artwork Details
- Title
- “We can never be sure that the opinion we are endeavoring to stifle is a false opinion; and if we were sure, stifling it would be an evil still.” – John Stuart Mill on Liberty, 1859. From the series Great Ideas of Western Man.
- Artist
- Date
- 1959
- Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- sheet: 17 7⁄8 x 17 7⁄8 in. (45.5 x 45.3 cm)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Container Corporation of America
- Mediums
- Mediums Description
- watercolor and gouache on paperboard
- Classifications
- Keywords
- Abstract — geometric
- Object Number
- 1984.124.87