Object Details
Subject
Smithsonian Institution
Objects: USA
Place of publication, production, or execution
Other
Physical Description
Photographic Print : 1 ; 26 x 21 cm.
Summary
PR photo of one room of the exhibition Objects: USA at the National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution (now the Smithsonian American Art Museum).
Identification on verso (typewritten): 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?
Identification on verso (typewritten): 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. Margret Craver Withers papers, 1908-2016. 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)258
Type
Photographs
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Margret Craver Withers papers, 1908-2016
Data Source
Archives of American Art
Topic
Arts and crafts
Exhibitions
Record ID
AAADCD_item_258