Flower of Death--The Bursting of a Heavy Shell--Not as It Looks, but as It Feels and Sounds and Smells

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Object Details

Artist

Claggett Wilson, born Washington, DC 1887-died New York City 1952

Credit Line

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Alice H. Rossin

Date

ca. 1919

Object number

1981.163.18

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Type

Painting

Medium

watercolor and pencil on paperboard

Dimensions

image: 16 1/2 x 22 in. (41.9 x 55.9 cm)

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Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection

Department

Graphic Arts

Data Source

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Topic

Figure group\male

Occupation\military\soldier

Allegory\death

History\United States\World War I

Disaster\accident\explosion

Architecture Exterior\military\battlefield

Metadata Usage

Not determined

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7366c2a51-e415-4413-b8ba-0931d26b1ef8

Record ID

saam_1981.163.18