Temptation in the Garden

George Lopez, Temptation in the Garden, ca. 1950-1960, carved wood, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr., 1998.84.25
George Lopez, Temptation in the Garden, ca. 1950-1960, carved wood, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr., 1998.84.25

Artwork Details

Title
Temptation in the Garden
Artist
Date
ca. 1950-1960
Location
Credit Line
Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr.
Mediums Description
carved wood
Classifications
Subjects
  • Landscape — tree
  • Religion — Old Testament — Eve
  • Religion — Old Testament — Adam
  • Religion — Old Testament — Garden of Eden
  • Religion — Satan
Object Number
1998.84.25
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1998.84.25

Artwork Description

George Lopez made several images of Adam and Eve inspired by his father’s carvings of the Garden of Eden. In this piece he depicted the Fall, the moment when Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit. Lopez showed the serpent changing from a snake into a demon to emphasize how easily Satan deceived the first couple.

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James McNeill Whistler, Valparaiso Harbor, 1866, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of John Gellatly, 1929.6.159
Valparaiso Harbor
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Date1866
oil on canvas
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James McNeill Whistler, Untitled, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Aline Fruhauf, 1978.118
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C. A. Knight, J. Young, James McNeill Whistler, Anacapa Island in Santa Barbara Channel, 1854, engraving, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 1979.92
Anacapa Island in Santa Barbara Channel
Artist
Date1854
engraving
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Henry Wolf, James McNeill Whistler, Thomas Carlyle, 1904, wood engraving on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1973.130.211
Thomas Carlyle
Artist
Date1904
wood engraving on paper
Not on view

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