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Elvis, the Artist, and Pink Cadillac

American Art Museum

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    Object Details

    Artist

    Donald Paterson, born Silver Springs, CA 1944

    Sitter

    Elvis Presley
    Donald Paterson
    Donald Paterson

    Credit Line

    Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Chuck and Jan Rosenak and museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment

    Date

    1988

    Object number

    1997.124.124

    Restrictions & Rights

    Usage conditions apply

    Type

    Painting
    Folk Art

    Medium

    crayon, colored pencil, felt-tipped pen and ink, and pencil on paper

    Dimensions

    14 1/4 x 47 1/2 in. (36.2 x 120.6 cm) irregular

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    Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection

    Department

    Painting and Sculpture

    Data Source

    Smithsonian American Art Museum

    Topic

    Cityscape\street
    Architecture\vehicle\automobile
    Landscape\tree\palm tree
    Landscape\celestial\sun
    Travel\land\automobile
    Landscape\tree\apple tree
    Portrait male\waist length
    Portrait male\waist length
    Portrait male\self-portrait
    Performing arts\dance\hula

    Metadata Usage

    Not determined

    Link to Original Record

    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7f61659d7-2698-4bc6-b026-b7a71e4ac5d8

    Record ID

    saam_1997.124.124

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