Smithsonian American Art Museum
New Accessions (20th-Century Art)
June 12, 1981 – November 1, 1981
On view are 29 paintings, drawings, and sculptures, highlighting the museum's continuing program of acquiring contemporary works as well as those of historic significance. Included are two works by Joseph Cornell, Walt Kuhn's 1930 oil, Dreaming Girl, Joseph Leyendecker's 1918 Great War Victory Illustration for the Saturday Evening Post, and Ronald Bladen's maquette for Host of the Ellipse, a sculpture to be installed soon in Baltimore.
