The Poet

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Object Details

Artist

Howard Taft Lorenz, born 1906-died Los Angeles, CA 1956

Credit Line

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from General Services Administration

Date

ca. 1935-1943

Object number

1971.447.61

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Type

Painting

Folk Art

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

42 x 36 in. (106.7 x 91.4 cm.)

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Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection

Department

Painting and Sculpture

Data Source

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Topic

Figure male

Recreation\leisure\smoking

Occupation\writer\poet

New Deal\Works Progress Administration, Federal Art Project\New York City

Architecture Interior\domestic

Metadata Usage

Not determined

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk71189c61e-31b0-46b6-894e-a19eb5add121

Record ID

saam_1971.447.61