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Kay, Edward A.,
Portrait Male -- Ford, Gerald R.
Portrait Male -- Rockefeller, Nelson A.
Portrait male -- Nixon, Richard M.
Portrait Male -- Kissinger, Henry
Occupation -- Political
Occupation -- Political
Occupation -- Political
Architecture -- Civic
Architecture -- Civic
Totem pole
Folk
Sculpture
Gerald Ford Totem Pole, (sculpture).
Artist:
Kay, Edward A., 1900-1988, sculptor.
Title:
Gerald Ford Totem Pole, (sculpture).
Dates:
1974.
Medium:
Carved and painted and turned wood, with metal, painted modeling compound, printed papers and adhesive stickers, wishbone, stamp, tacks, and safety pin.
Dimensions:
H. 91 in. Diam. 12 1/2 in.
Inscription:
unsigned
Description:
Totem pole depicting President Gerald Ford in his University of Michigan football uniform, the U.S. Capitol, Vice President Nelson Rockefeller, Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, and President Nixon, his lips sealed with a safety pin.
Subject:
Portrait Male -- Ford, Gerald R.
Portrait Male -- Rockefeller, Nelson A.
Portrait male -- Nixon, Richard M.
Portrait Male -- Kissinger, Henry
Occupation -- Political -- President
Occupation -- Political -- Secretary of State
Occupation -- Political -- Vice President
Architecture -- Civic -- U.S. Capitol
Architecture -- Civic -- Capitol
Object Type:
Totem pole
Folk
Sculpture
Owner:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, 8th & G Streets, N.W., Washington, District of Columbia 20560 Accession Number: 1986.65.253
Provenance:
Formerly in the collection of Hemphill, Herbert Waide Jr., 1975-1986.
Acquired from Kay, Edward A., Mt. Clemens, Michigan 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 Instiutition Press, 1990, no.92.
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 08580810
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