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Nicholas Ghika, "When truth is buried underground it grows, it chokes, it gathers such an explosive force that on the day it bursts out, it blows up everything with it."--Emile Zola, 1898. From the series Great Ideas of Western Man., 1964, watercolor heightened with white and gouache on paperboard, sheet: 19 1⁄4 x 13 1⁄4 in. (49.0 x 33.5 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Container Corporation of America, 1984.124.104
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Artwork Details
- Title
- “When truth is buried underground it grows, it chokes, it gathers such an explosive force that on the day it bursts out, it blows up everything with it.” – Emile Zola, 1898. From the series Great Ideas of Western Man.
- Artist
- Date
- 1964
- Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- sheet: 19 1⁄4 x 13 1⁄4 in. (49.0 x 33.5 cm)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Container Corporation of America
- Mediums
- Mediums Description
- watercolor heightened with white and gouache on paperboard
- Classifications
- Keywords
- Landscape — weather — sun
- Landscape — imaginary
- Disaster — accident — explosion
- Object Number
- 1984.124.104