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Objects: USA installation view

Archives of American Art

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Object Details

Subject

Smithsonian Institution
Objects: USA

Place of publication, production, or execution

Other

Physical Description

1 photographic print : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm.

Summary

One room of the exhibition Objects: USA at the Smithsonian Institution.
Identification on verso (handwritten): Conception: Non-function is characterized by this broad view of several objects featured in the Johnson Collection of Contemporary Crafts. From the Richard Shaw ceramic mini-couch and chair in the foreground to the three-dimensional featured wall hanging by Dominic Di Mare the more than 250 craftsmen in the collection pose the question, is craft art?

Citation

Objects: USA installation view, 1969. Lee Nordness business records and papers, circa 1931-1992. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Use Note

Current copyright status is undetermined

Location Note

Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution Washington, D.C. 20560

Date

1969

Record number

(DSI-AAA)237

Type

Photographs

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Lee Nordness business records and papers, circa 1931-1992, bulk 1954-1984

Data Source

Archives of American Art

Topic

Arts and crafts
Exhibitions

Metadata Usage

Usage conditions apply

Record ID

AAADCD_item_237

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