Somnolence

Frank Edwin Scott, Somnolence, n.d., oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Laura Dreyfus Barney and Natalie Clifford Barney in memory of their mother, Alice Pike Barney, 1952.13.145
Frank Edwin Scott, Somnolence, n.d., oil on canvas, 59 7⁄8 x 42 1⁄4 in. (152.0 x 107.3 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Laura Dreyfus Barney and Natalie Clifford Barney in memory of their mother, Alice Pike Barney, 1952.13.145
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Artwork Details

Title
Somnolence
Artist
Date
n.d.
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
59 7⁄8 x 42 1⁄4 in. (152.0 x 107.3 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Laura Dreyfus Barney and Natalie Clifford Barney in memory of their mother, Alice Pike Barney
Mediums
Mediums Description
oil on canvas
Classifications
Subjects
  • Figure female
  • State of being — other — sleep
  • Dress — Japanese dress
Object Number
1952.13.145
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1952.13.145

Works by this artist (3 items)

E. McKnight Kauffer, "Nothing is more seductive for man than his freedom of conscience. But nothing is a greater cause of suffering."--Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov, 1880. From the series Great Ideas of Western Man., 1953, India ink and gouache on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Container Corporation of America, 1984.124.139
“Nothing is more seductive for man than his freedom of…
Artist
Date1953
India ink and gouache on paperboard
Not on view
E. McKnight Kauffer, Montana, from the United States Series, 1946, gouache on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Container Corporation of America, 1984.124.140
Montana, from the United States Series
Artist
Date1946
gouache on paperboard
Not on view
E. McKnight Kauffer, One Integrated Flow of Production, from the Early Series, 1941, photomechanical reproduction on paper mounted on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Container Corporation of America, 1984.124.141
One Integrated Flow of Production, from the Early Series
Artist
Date1941
photomechanical reproduction on paper mounted on paperboard
Not on view

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