Fine arts museum in Washington, D.C., a division of the Smithsonian Institution

concept

A history of the Smithsonian American Art Museum : the intersection of art, science, and bureaucracy / Lois Marie Fink.

George Catlin : American Indian portraits / Stephanie Pratt & Joan Carpenter Troccoli.

John James Audubon / Ella M. Foshay.

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Smithsonian American Art Museum

Works from the collections

George Catlin : American Indian portraits / Stephanie Pratt & Joan Carpenter Troccoli.

John James Audubon / Ella M. Foshay.