Group Portrait of SI Artists Featured in Anacostia Neighborhood Museum (ANM) Exhibit

Summary

From Torch article: "Works by three Smithsonian employees will be included in the D.C. Art Association's [DCAA] 'Exhibition '78,' which opens at the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum on September 15, ANM's 11th anniversary. Albert Elkins, a designer at NPG [National Portrait Gallery], is represented by two large abstract acrylic paintings; Benjamin Franklin, an exhibits specialist at NASM [National Air and Space Museum], has a woodcut in the show, and Edith Martin, a museum technician at the Renwick, is represented by two watercolors and an acrylic collage." (Left to right) Albert Elkins, Edith Martin, and Benjamin Franklin.

Subject

• Franklin, Benjamin
• Anacostia Neighborhood Museum
• District of Columbia Art Association
• Smithsonian Institution Office of Public Affairs

Notes

• Original film available in SIA Acc. 11-009.
• Featured in the "Torch," September 1978.

Cite as

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 02, Folder: September 1978, Image No. 78-10597-16

Repository Loc.

Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

Date

• 1978
• August 2, 1978

Restrictions & Rights

• No access restrictions Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu
• No Copyright - United States

Topic

• Martin, Edith T
• Portraits
• Portraits, Group
• Eakins, Albert

Form/Genre

Black-and-white photographs

Local number

SIA RU000371 [78-10597-16]

Physical description

Gelatin silver prints; 8 x 10;

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