Untitled from the series American Beauties

David Levinthal, Untitled from the series American Beauties, 1990, Polaroid Polacolor ER Land Film, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of an anonymous donor, 2017.32.10, © 1990, David Levinthal
David Levinthal, Untitled from the series American Beauties, 1990, Polaroid Polacolor ER Land Film, 24 × 20 in. (61.0 × 50.8 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of an anonymous donor, 2017.32.10, © 1990, David Levinthal

Artwork Details

Title
Untitled from the series American Beauties
Date
1990
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
24 × 20 in. (61.0 × 50.8 cm)
Copyright
© 1990, David Levinthal
Credit Line
Gift of an anonymous donor
Mediums Description
Polaroid Polacolor ER Land Film
Classifications
Subjects
  • American
  • Allegory — quality — beauty
  • Figure female — full length
  • Landscape — beach
Object Number
2017.32.10

Works by this artist (1 item)

Christine Sun Kim, One Week of Lullabies for Roux, 2018, seven tracks, sound, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 2020.79.1, © 2018 Christine Sun Kim. Courtesy of the artist and François Ghebaly, Los Angeles
One Week of Lullabies for Roux
Date2018
seven tracks, sound
Not on view

Exhibitions

Media - 2017.32.10 - SAAM-2017.32.10_1 - 133751
American Myth & Memory: David Levinthal Photographs 
June 7, 2019October 14, 2019
Populated with toy cowboys and cavalry, Barbie dolls and baseball players, David Levinthal’s photographs reference iconic images and events that shaped postwar American society.

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