"The great and glorious masterpiece of man is to live to the point. All other things--to reign, to hoard, to build--are, at most, but inconsiderable props and appendages."--Michel de Montaigne, Essays, 1588. From the series Great Ideas of Western Man.
Object Details
- Artist
- John Massey, born Chicago, IL 1931
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Container Corporation of America
- 1963
- Object number
- 1984.124.200
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 45 x 30 in. (114.3 x 76.2 cm.)
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- Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Topic
- Abstract\geometric
- Figure\fragment\eye
- Emblem\heart
- Record ID
- saam_1984.124.200
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7f6c175f6-e659-472d-8628-346eb2bda33a
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