Make me a summary of the world, she was his guide and had travelled on camel, rhino, elephant and kangaroo, dedicated to dried plants, glass houses for medical study, vegetable sexuality, self-pollination, fertilization her reach pierced the woods country

Rina Banerjee, Make me a summary of the world, she was his guide and had travelled on camel, rhino, elephant and kangaroo, dedicated to dried plants, glass houses for medical study, vegetable sexuality, self-pollination, fertilization her reach pierced the woods country, 2014, wooden rhino, Chinese umbrellas, sea sponges, linen, beads, pewter soldiers, grape vines, glass chandelier drops, acrylic horns, wire, nylon and bead flowers, 84 x 48 x 48 in., Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, in partnership with the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center, 2024.34A-TT, © 2024, Rina Banerjee

Artwork Details

Title
Make me a summary of the world, she was his guide and had travelled on camel, rhino, elephant and kangaroo, dedicated to dried plants, glass houses for medical study, vegetable sexuality, self-pollination, fertilization her reach pierced the woods country by country
Artist
Date
2014
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
84 x 48 x 48 in.
Copyright
© 2024, Rina Banerjee
Credit Line
Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, in partnership with the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center
Mediums
Mediums Description
wooden rhino, Chinese umbrellas, sea sponges, linen, beads, pewter soldiers, grape vines, glass chandelier drops, acrylic horns, wire, nylon and bead flowers
Classifications
Subjects
  • Figure
  • Dress — accessory — umbrella
  • Occupation — military — soldier
  • Animal — rhinoceros
  • Object — toy — doll
Object Number
2024.34A-TT
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/2024.34A-TT

Works by this artist (20 items)

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Malaquias Montoya, George Jackson Lives, 1976, offset lithograph on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Frank K. Ribelin Endowment, 2015.29.1, © 1976, Malaquias Montoya
George Jackson Lives
Artist
Date1976
offset lithograph on paper
Not on view
Malaquias Montoya, Undocumented, 1980, signed 1981, screenprint on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Frank K. Ribelin Endowment, 2015.29.2, © 1981, Malaquias Montoya
Undocumented
Artist
Date1980, signed 1981
screenprint on paper
Not on view
Malaquias Montoya, Viet Nam / Aztlan, 1973, offset lithograph on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Frank K. Ribelin Endowment, 2015.29.3, © 1973, Malaquias Montoya
Viet Nam / Aztlan
Artist
Date1973
offset lithograph on paper
Not on view
Malaquias Montoya, Abolish Prison Slavery, n.d., screenprint, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Margaret Terrazas Santos Collection, 2019.52.57, © n.d., Malaquias Montoya
Abolish Prison Slavery
Artist
Daten.d.
screenprint
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