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Garrison, Harold,
History -- United States
Allegory -- Other
Allegory -- Other
Allegory -- Other
Allegory -- Other
Occupation -- Political
Occupation -- Law
Occupation -- Political
Occupation -- Political
Animal -- Elephant
Animal -- Donkey
Folk
Sculpture
WATER GATE OR GOVERNMENT MACHINE NO. 3, (sculpture).
Artist:
Garrison, Harold, 1923- , sculptor.
Title:
WATER GATE OR GOVERNMENT MACHINE NO. 3, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Water Gate, (sculpture).
Government Machine No. 3, (sculpture).
Dates:
1974.
Medium:
Pen and ink on carved wood with leather, metal, and coated wire.
Dimensions:
13 3/4 x 15 x 3 1/2 in.
Inscription:
(Beneath horizontal base, left side, in ink:) BY HAROLD GARRISON (On plywood back piece:) MADE BY HAROLD GARRISON / DECEMBER 1974 signed
Description:
When the trigger is pulled, the Democratic donkey and the Republican elephant rock back and forth; an arrow shows where Henry Kissinger goes; Sam Ervin emerges from obscurity; the White House tapes appear; Nixon resigns; Gerald Ford takes the oath of office; a street sign for Pennsylvania Avenue unfolds; taxes rise; and a door marked Water Gate opens to reveal spotted bugs.
Subject:
History -- United States -- Watergate
Allegory -- Other -- Nixon, Richard M.
Allegory -- Other -- Ervin, Sam
Allegory -- Other -- Ford, Gerald
Allegory -- Other -- Kissinger, Henry
Occupation -- Political -- President
Occupation -- Law -- Lawyer
Occupation -- Political -- Vice President
Occupation -- Political -- Secretary of State
Animal -- Elephant
Animal -- Donkey
Object Type:
Folk
Sculpture
Owner:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, 8th & G Streets, N.W., Washington, District of Columbia 20560 Accession Number: 1986.65.248
Provenance:
Formerly in the collection of Hemphill, Herbert Waide Jr., 1975-1986.
Acquired from Camp, Jeffrey, Richmond, Virginia 1975.
References:
National Museum of American Art, 1990.
Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2006.
Hartigan, Lynda Roscoe, "Made with Passion: The Hemphill Folk Art Collection in the National Museum of American Art," Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1990, no.91.
Illustration:
Hartigan, Lynda Roscoe, "Made with Passion: The Hemphill Folk Art Collection in the National Museum of American Art," Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1990, pg.143.
Note:
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Repository:
Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
Control Number:
IAS 08580630
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