Detail View: The AMICA Library: but so far as I am a man, it is the world."--Marcus Aurelius Antonius, 121-180. From the series GreatIdeas of Western Man.
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AMICA ID:
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SAAM.1984.124.88
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AMICA Library Year:
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1998
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Object Type:
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Drawings and Watercolors
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Creator Name:
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Erni, Hans
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Creator Nationality:
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European; Swiss
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Creator Role:
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Artist
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Creator Dates/Places:
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born Switzerland 1909
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Hans Erni
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"The reason, in respect of which we are rational beings, is common: if this is so, common also is thereason which commands us what to do, and what not to do; if this is so, there is a common law also
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Title Type:
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Title
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we are members of some political community; if this is so, the world is in a manner a state...My natureis rational and social; and my city and country, so far as I am Antonius, is Rome;
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Title Type:
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Title
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Title:
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but so far as I am a man, it is the world."--Marcus Aurelius Antonius, 121-180. From the series GreatIdeas of Western Man.
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Title Type:
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Title
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View:
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Full View
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Creation Date:
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1950
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Creation Start Date:
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1950
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Creation End Date:
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1950
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Materials and Techniques:
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gouache, scratchwork and india ink on paper
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Dimensions:
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sheet: 18 9/16 x 14 1/8 in. (47.1 x 35.8 cm.)
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AMICA Contributor:
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
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Owner Location:
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Washington, DC, USA
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ID Number:
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1984.124.88
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Credit Line:
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Gift of Container Corporation of America
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Inscriptions:
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center right in ink: ernibacking verso upper center in pencil: (arrow pointingupward)/GI-7/F.frame recto center left printed: "The reason, in respect of which we arerational beings, is common; if this...frame verso interior upper right in felt-tippedpen and ink: CA-7 G-6 (written sideways)
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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SAAM.1984.124.88.tif
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