Sorrow

Carl L. Schmitz, Sorrow, before 1940, terra cotta, 17 1⁄2 x 22 3⁄4 x 13 7⁄8 in. (44.5 x 57.9 x 35.4 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of International Business Machines Corporation, 1966.27.6

Artwork Details

Title
Sorrow
Artist
Date
before 1940
Location
Dimensions
17 1⁄2 x 22 3⁄4 x 13 7⁄8 in. (44.5 x 57.9 x 35.4 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of International Business Machines Corporation
Mediums
Mediums Description
terra cotta
Classifications
Subjects
  • State of being — emotion — sorrow
  • Figure group — female
Object Number
1966.27.6
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1966.27.6

Artwork Description

Carl L. Schmitz probably modeled the small sculpture Sorrow in the late 1930s. During the Depression, many sculptors found it difficult to get work and so turned to cheaper materials, like terra-cotta, which they could fire in their own small kilns. The outbreak of World War II brought pressure to bear upon Schmitz, a German-born American citizen, and Sorrow may have been his response to the emotional effects of war.

Works by this artist (22 items)

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Eddie Arning, Birds, 1969, crayon on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson, 1986.65.163
Birds
Artist
Date1969
crayon on paper
Not on view
Eddie Arning, Six Figures with Pigeons and Buildings, 1970, oil pastel on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Sackton, 1987.51.7
Six Figures with Pigeons and Buildings
Artist
Date1970
oil pastel on paper
Not on view
Eddie Arning, Two Soldiers, ca. 1968, crayon on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Sackton, 1987.51.9
Two Soldiers
Artist
Dateca. 1968
crayon on paper
Not on view
Eddie Arning, Two Houses, 1967, crayon on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Sackton, 1987.51.2
Two Houses
Artist
Date1967
crayon on paper
Not on view

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Seymour Lipton, Untitled, 1959, oil crayon on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Alan Lipton and Michael Lipton, 1994.98.2, © 1994, Michael Lipton and Alan Lipton
Untitled
Artist
Date1959
oil crayon on paper
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Eddie Arning, Birds, 1969, crayon on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson, 1986.65.163
Birds
Artist
Date1969
crayon on paper
Not on view
Gene Davis, Untitled, 1976, pencil, colored pencil, and crayon on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Florence Coulson Davis, 2000.43.12
Untitled
Artist
Date1976
pencil, colored pencil, and crayon on paper
Not on view
Joseph Stella, Pine Tree, 1919, silverpoint and crayon on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Caroline Keck, 2008.17
Pine Tree
Artist
Date1919
silverpoint and crayon on paper
Not on view