Girl with Tambourine
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Object Details
- Artist
- Ed Davis, active NY 1930s
- Luce Center Label
- Ed Davis inscribed his name in capital letters, along with the year, on the front of the base of this carved and painted figure. Davis may have been inspired by Polish American sculptor Elie Nadelman (1882–1946), whose simplified wooden figures were influenced by his own collection of American and European folk art, which Nadelman made available to the public at his Museum of Folk Arts in Riverdale, New York. In Girl with Tambourine the figure’s plain short dress reveals her hourglass shape and, along with the simplicity of her percussion instrument, implies youth and innocence.
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson
- 1935
- Object number
- 1986.65.240
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Sculpture
- Folk Art
- Medium
- carved and painted wood, metal chain, and glass beads
- Dimensions
- 17 x 5 7/8 x 3 3/8 in. (43.2 x 15.0 x 8.6 cm)
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- Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture
- On View
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor, 25A
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Topic
- Figure female\full length
- Performing arts\music\tambourine
- Object\musical instrument\tambourine
- Record ID
- saam_1986.65.240
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk782a897d1-4df5-4c0b-9b82-33b674acf784
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