Sound Grammar

Edward Goodall, Frederick Richard Lee, The Ferry, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Nigel Cholmeley-Jones, 1967.14.143

Albert Neuhuys, Henry Ward Ranger, ca. 1890, oil on canvas, 13 1⁄2 x 10 1⁄2 in. (34.3 x 26.7 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Frederick Ballard Williams, 1930.12.1

John O'Brien Inman, Portrait of a Huguenot Gentleman of the Time of Charles IX, n.d., oil on wood, 12 x 10 in. (30.6 x 25.3 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of John Watts De Peyster, 1904.5

Reid Ozaki, Double-Lidded Container, 1979, stoneware, porcelain, glaze, and oxides, overall: 9 7⁄8 x 9 1⁄4 in. (25.1 x 23.5 cm.) diam., Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist, 1981.38A-C

Peter Danko, Unfolding Chair, ca. 1981, laminated, scored and folded maple and polyester, 31 1⁄2 x 19 3⁄4 x 19 3⁄4 in. (80.0 x 50.2 x 50.2 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Joseph N. Raffa, 1997.119.2

Jeffry Mitchell, Gold Pickle Jar, 2007, earthenware and glaze, 15 1⁄4 × 13 3⁄8 × 12 in. (38.7 × 34.0 × 30.5 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Howard Kottler Endowment for Ceramic Art, 2015.39

Pepón Osorio, El Chandelier, 1988, functional metal and glass chandelier with plastic toys and figurines, glass crystals, and other objects, 60 7⁄8 x 42 in. (154.6 x 106.7 cm) diam., Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool and the Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program, 1995.40, © 1988, Pepón Osorio

Clayton Pond, Flower Man, 1969, color screenprint on paper, image: 15 3⁄4 x 15 3⁄4 in. (39.9 x 39.9 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1969.67.1

Emilio Sánchez, Untitled, Bronx Storefront, "La Rumba Supermarket", late 1980s, watercolor on paper, sheet and image: 40 x 59 1⁄2 in. (101.6 x 151.1 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Emilio Sanchez Foundation, 2011.19.5, © Emilio Sanchez Foundation

Mabel Wellington Jack, Street Excavation, 1938, color lithograph, 11 1⁄4 x 11 in. (28.4 x 28.1 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from D.C. Public Library, 1967.72.120

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