Fire

Yayoi Kusama, Fire, ca. 1954, watercolor, pastel, ink, tempera on paper, overall: 10 34 in. × 8 in. (27.3 × 20.3 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Benton and The Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation, 2019.32.3

Artwork Details

Title
Fire
Artist
Date
ca. 1954
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
overall: 10 34 in. × 8 in. (27.3 × 20.3 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Benton and The Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation
Mediums Description
watercolor, pastel, ink, tempera on paper
Classifications
Subjects
  • Abstract
  • Allegory — element — fire
Object Number
2019.32.3

Works by this artist (13 items)

John James Audubon, Joseph Bartholomew Kidd, Rose-Breasted Grosbeak, n.d., oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the U. S. National Museum, 1953.3.4
Rose-Breasted Grosbeak
Daten.d.
oil on canvas
On view
John James Audubon, Washington Sea Eagle, ca. 1836-1839, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Dr. S. Dillon Ripley II and Mary Livingston Ripley, 1994.121
Washington Sea Eagle
Dateca. 1836-1839
oil on canvas
On view
Norwegian Rats
Date1845
hand-colored lithograph on paper
Not on view
John James Audubon, Cardinal Grosbeak, 1811, chalk, pencil, watercolor and ink on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the U. S. National Museum, 1953.3.1
Cardinal Grosbeak
Date1811
chalk, pencil, watercolor and ink on paper
Not on view

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The Runaway Match
Date1877
oil on canvas
Not on view
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Figure in Sunlight (Artist’s Wife)
Dateca. 1890-1900
oil on canvas
On view
Unidentified (Italian), Saint, 19th century, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Laura Dreyfus Barney and Natalie Clifford Barney in memory of their mother, Alice Pike Barney, 1952.13.157
Saint
Artist
Unidentified (Italian)
Date19th century
oil on canvas
Not on view