For She Knows Not Sorrow

Dox Thrash, For She Knows Not Sorrow, ca. 1935-1942, watercolor on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the General Services Administration, 1974.28.330
Dox Thrash, For She Knows Not Sorrow, ca. 1935-1942, watercolor on paper, sheet and image: 14 3⁄8 x 11 1⁄2 in. (36.5 x 29.2 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the General Services Administration, 1974.28.330

Artwork Details

Title
For She Knows Not Sorrow
Artist
Date
ca. 1935-1942
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
sheet and image: 14 3⁄8 x 11 1⁄2 in. (36.5 x 29.2 cm)
Credit Line
Transfer from the General Services Administration
Mediums
Mediums Description
watercolor on paper
Classifications
Subjects
  • Figure group — female and child
  • New Deal — Works Progress Administration, Federal Art Project — Pennsylvania
  • Still life — other — coffin
  • State of being — death
  • State of being — emotion — sorrow
Object Number
1974.28.330
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1974.28.330

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