Sound Grammar

Laurent Honoré Marqueste, Nude Figure with Mandolin, n.d., pencil and sanguine chalk, 12 1⁄4 x 9 3⁄4 in. (31.1 x 24.8 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Republic of France, 1915.11.56

Anni Albers, Study for a nylon rug, from the portfolio Connections/1925/1983, 1984, screenprint, sheet: 27 1⁄2 x 20 in. (69.9 x 50.8 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Lloyd E. Herman, founding director and director emeritus of the Renwick Gallery (1971−1986), 2012.64.4.5

Anni Albers, Study for a hooked rug, from the portfolio Connections/1925/1983, 1984, screenprint, sheet: 27 1⁄2 x 20 in. (69.9 x 50.8 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Lloyd E. Herman, founding director and director emeritus of the Renwick Gallery (1971−1986), 2012.64.4.6

Anni Albers, Smyma-knuepfteppich, from the portfolio Connections/1925/1983, 1984, screenprint, sheet: 27 1⁄2 x 20 in. (69.9 x 50.8 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Lloyd E. Herman, founding director and director emeritus of the Renwick Gallery (1971−1986), 2012.64.4.1

Anni Albers, Study for unexecuted wall hanging (Bauhaus period), from the portfolio Connections/1925/1983, 1984, screenprint, sheet: 27 1⁄2 x 20 in. (69.9 x 50.8 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Lloyd E. Herman, founding director and director emeritus of the Renwick Gallery (1971−1986), 2012.64.4.2

Anni Albers, Orchestra III, from the portfolio Connections/1925/1983, 1984, screenprint, sheet: 27 1⁄2 x 20 in. (69.9 x 50.8 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Lloyd E. Herman, founding director and director emeritus of the Renwick Gallery (1971−1986), 2012.64.4.8

Anni Albers, Untitled, from the portfolio Connections/1925/1983, 1984, screenprint, sheet: 27 1⁄2 x 20 in. (69.9 x 50.8 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Lloyd E. Herman, founding director and director emeritus of the Renwick Gallery (1971−1986), 2012.64.4.4

Anni Albers, With Verticals, from the portfolio Connections/1925/1983, 1984, screenprint, sheet: 271⁄2 x 20 in. (69.9 x 50.8 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Lloyd E. Herman, founding director and director emeritus of the Renwick Gallery (1971−1986), 2012.64.4.3

German-Jewish visual artist and printmaker Anni Albers (June 12, 1899 – May 9, 1994)

Anne Noggle, Untitled, from the series Agnes, 1974, gelatin silver print, image: 10 1⁄8 x 10 in. (25.7 x 25.4 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Endowment for the Arts, 1983.63.1048, ©1974, Anne Noggle

Listen/purchase: Sexistential by Robyn

Swedish swinger, songwriter, record producer, and DJ Robyn (born June 12, 1979)

Henry Wolf, Henri Frédéric Schopin, Jean Jacques Regis de Cambaceres, Duke of Parma, 1895, wood engraving on paper, image: 7 x 4 1⁄2 in. (17.7 x 11.4 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1973.130.109

Orramel Hinckley Throop, Ticonderoga, engraving, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Olin Dows, 1978.152.88

Stanford Fenelle, Road to Warsaw, 1936, gouache on paper, sheet: 14 3⁄4 x 20 in. (37.5 x 50.8 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from General Services Administration, 1971.447.26