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Lecture: The Soul of Things—Direct Carving in American Art
Lecture Series: American Art Up Close
Karen Lemmey, Smithsonian American Art Museum, examines the process of direct carving on the occasion of two recent acquisitions: John Flannagan’s Ram and William Edmondson’s Church Lady.
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Presented with the Terra Foundation for American Art
American Art Up Close
The Soul of Things: Direct Carving in American Art
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William Edmondson. Church Lady, 1933/37. Through prior acquisition of the George F. Harding Collection.
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