Sound Grammar

Leon Dabo, Evening on the Hudson, 1907-1908, oil on canvas, 27 1⁄8 x 36 1⁄8 in. (68.9 x 91.7 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of William T. Evans, 1909.10.1

Stephen Parrish, A Winter Evening, Windsor, N.S., n.d., etching, plate: 6 3⁄4 x 11 3⁄4 in. (17.3 x 29.8 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Museum of American History, Division of Graphic Arts, Smithsonian Institution, 1971.245

Charles Cutler Torrey, North East View of the Several Halls of Harvard College, engraving and aquatint, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Olin Dows, 1978.152.171

Paul Landacre, Children's Carnival, n.d., etching, 8 1⁄2 x 12 in. (21.6 x 30.5 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1966.64.28

Gail Rebhan, Baby #2, 1988, gelatin silver print, image: 13 1⁄2 x 16 5⁄8 in. (34.4 x 42.2 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1989.24B, © 1988, Gail Rebhan

Robin Schwartz, Libby, Stumptail Macaque, Female, 13 years old, from the Primate Portrait series, 1989, gelatin silver print, sheet: 15 7⁄8 x 19 7⁄8 in. (40.3 x 50.4 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist, 1991.110.2, © 1989, Robin Schwartz

Michael Banner, Maureen Banner, Pagoda, 2003, sterling silver, enamel, 16 x 9 1⁄4 x 8 in. (40.6 x 23.5 x 20.3 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Gloria Shaw Hamilton, 2003.45A-B, © 2003, M. Banner

Roberta Williamson, David Williamson, Ring #34 (ring), 2008, sterling silver, paper with a printed image, and quartz crystal, 1 1⁄2 × 1 1⁄8 × 1 1⁄2 in. (3.8 × 2.9 × 3.8 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Susan Beech Collection, 2024.50.96, Photo by Robert Diamante

Jamie Davis, Bottle, 1980, raku-fired and glazed earthenware, 17 1⁄2 x 6 7⁄8 in. (44.5 x 17.5 cm) diam., Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Donna and John Donaldson in memory of Jean and John Michael on the occasion of the Fifteenth Anniversary of the James Renwick Alliance and the Twenty-fifth Anniversary of the Renwick Gallery, 1997.109.27

Lisa Schwartz, Kurt Swanson, Fishbowl, 1987, blown glass, 14 1⁄8 x 20 x 12 3⁄4 in. (35.9 x 50.8 x 32.4 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Adam Stolpen, 1992.79

Peter Dean, Untitled, watercolor and colored pencil on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 1981.66

Willard Midgette, "Sitting Bull Returns" at the Drive-In, 1976, oil on linen canvas, 1081⁄4 x 1341⁄8 in. (274.8 x 340.6 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Donald B. Anderson, 1983.109

Jack Damer, Loss and Found, from the portfolio Drawn to Stone, lithograph, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of The University of Tennessee, Knoxville Print Workshop, 1998.156.6, © 1998, Jack Damer