Hitler-Headed Serpent in Bombarded Landscape
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Object Details
- Artist
- Fred Campbell, n.d.
- Sitter
- Adolf Hitler
- Luce Center Label
- Fred Campbell probably painted this violent image towards the end of World War II. The serpent was a popular wartime symbol of Hitler, comparing him to Satan in the Garden of Eden (Lynda Hartigan, Made with Passion, 1990). Planes fly overhead, dropping bombs on the buildings, while a small figure stands on the winged serpent with a chain around Hitler’s neck. The identity of this barely clothed man remains a mystery, and it is difficult to tell whether he is controlling the dictator or torturing him.
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson
- after 1939
- Object number
- 1986.65.148
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Painting
- Folk Art
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 26 1/8 x 28 3/4 in. (66.5 x 72.9 cm)
- See more items in
- Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture
- On View
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor, 24A
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Topic
- Architecture\vehicle\airplane
- Figure male\full length
- State of being\evil\war
- Landscape\imaginary
- Portrait male\head
- Fantasy\animal\snake
- Architecture Exterior\ruins
- Record ID
- saam_1986.65.148
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk724f228cd-4147-402f-953a-62202b0d7b78
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