The Healing Machine

Emery Blagdon, The Healing Machine, ca. 1955-1986, mixed media, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment and gift of Dan Dryden, friend of Emery Blagdon, the Kohler Foundation, Inc., and John E. and Douglas O. Robson, from the Margaret Z. Robson Collection, VR.2014.49.GRP
Emery Blagdon, The Healing Machine, ca. 1955-1986, mixed media, dimensions variable, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment and gift of Dan Dryden, friend of Emery Blagdon, the Kohler Foundation, Inc., and John E. and Douglas O. Robson, from the Margaret Z. Robson Collection, VR.2014.49.GRP

Artwork Details

Title
The Healing Machine
Artist
Date
ca. 1955-1986
Location
Dimensions
dimensions variable
Credit Line
Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment and gift of Dan Dryden, friend of Emery Blagdon, the Kohler Foundation, Inc., and John E. and Douglas O. Robson, from the Margaret Z. Robson Collection
Mediums Description
mixed media
Classifications
Highlights
Subjects
  • Allegory — arts and sciences — medicine
Object Number
VR.2014.49.GRP
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/VR.2014.49.GRP

Works by this artist (16 items)

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James Peale, William Shippen, 1794, watercolor on ivory, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Natalie Brooks Sears Shippen and William Brush Shippen, 1999.87.5
William Shippen
Artist
Date1794
watercolor on ivory
Not on view
James Peale, Portrait of a Gentleman, 1789, watercolor on ivory, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Mary Elizabeth Spencer, 1999.27.36
Portrait of a Gentleman
Artist
Date1789
watercolor on ivory
Not on view
James Peale, Major-General Anthony Wayne, ca. 1795, watercolor on ivory, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Mary Elizabeth Spencer, 1999.27.41
Major-General Anthony Wayne
Artist
Dateca. 1795
watercolor on ivory
Not on view
James Peale, Portrait of a Gentleman, 1800, watercolor on ivory, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Mary Elizabeth Spencer, 1999.27.37
Portrait of a Gentleman
Artist
Date1800
watercolor on ivory
Not on view

Exhibitions

Media - 1970.353.1-.116 - SAAM-1970.353.1-.116_9 - 127238
Galleries for Folk and Self-Taught Art
October 21, 2016–January 31, 2030
Smithsonian American Art Museum
SAAM’s collection of folk and self-taught art represents the powerful vision of America’s untrained and vernacular artists.

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Artist
Date1795
watercolor on ivory
Not on view
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Mourning Locket for A. R.
Artist
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Dateca. 1780
watercolor on ivory
Not on view
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Portrait of a Lady
Artist
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Dateca. 1780
watercolor on ivory
Not on view
Unidentified, Portrait of a Gentleman, ca. 1795, watercolor on ivory, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund, 1959.7.22
Portrait of a Gentleman
Artist
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Dateca. 1795
watercolor on ivory
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