Black Camel with Blue Head and Red Tongue by Alexander Calder https://www.nga.gov/artworks/72058-black-camel-blue-head-and-red-tongue
Associated Names Mellon, Paul Exhibition History 1991 Art for the Nation: Gifts
Associated Names Mellon, Paul Exhibition History 1991 Art for the Nation: Gifts
Associated Names Mellon, Paul Exhibition History 1991 Art for the Nation: Gifts
Art for the Nation no. 65 (Spring 2022): 20-21, repro.
Art for the Nation no. 68 (Spring 2024): 27, repro.
Art for the Nation no. 68 (Spring 2024): 32-33, repro.
paintings, prints, drawings, and sculptures they have already presented to the nation
Twombly was a reclusive, quasi-mythic figure of contemporary art. Born in Lexington, Virginia, the artist spent his early career in New York before moving to Italy in 1957, where he lived until his death in 2011.
Weiss, published in the National Gallery of Art exhibition catalog Art for the Nation
When 80-year-old Emily Sims Motley posed for her grandson, her eyes focused on the artist working in front of her. That direct gaze now invites us to look carefully at this portrait.
"Collecting for the Nation."
Artwork history & notes Artwork History Exhibition History 1986 Gifts to the Nation
Watch to learn more about the nearly 50 living Native artists practicing across the United States featured in the 2023–2024 exhibition The Land Carries Our Ancestors: Contemporary Art by Native Americans.
artist Jaune Quick-to-See Smith (Citizen of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Nation