"I do not want my house to be walled in on all sides and my windows to be stuffed. I want the culture of all lands to be blown about my house as freely as possible."--Mahatma Gandhi, Young India, June 1, 1921. From the series Great Ideas of Eastern Man.

Smithsonian American Art Museum and its Renwick Gallery

Object Details

Artist
Hans Laabs, German, born Treptow, Germany (now Trzebiatow, Poland) 1915-died Berlin, Germany
Credit Line
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Container Corporation of America
1964
Object number
1984.124.167
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
Painting
Medium
gouache on paper mounted on paper
Dimensions
sheet: 12 3/8 x 9 3/8 in. (31.5 x 23.9 cm)
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Department
Graphic Arts
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Topic
Abstract
Landscape\building
Landscape\water
Landscape\rocks
Allegory\civic\liberty
Object\written matter
Literature\Ghandi
Record ID
saam_1984.124.167
Metadata Usage (text)
Not determined
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk74e0e3d87-cda0-40e6-b461-7f3a5aaf326d
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