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 (3 items)

Paul Landacre, Shell, before 1935, wood engraving on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1981.41
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Artist
Datebefore 1935
wood engraving on paper
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Paul Landacre, Children's Carnival, n.d., etching, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1966.64.28
Children’s Carnival
Artist
Daten.d.
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Not on view
Paul Landacre, Tuonela, 1934, wood engraving on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum Purchase, 1982.95.1
Tuonela
Artist
Date1934
wood engraving on paper
Not on view

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