Detail View: The AMICA Library: Lady Liberty of 1953 to 1962?

AMICA ID: 
SAAM.1986.65.100
AMICA Library Year: 
1998
Object Type: 
Drawings and Watercolors
Creator Name: 
Besharo, Peter "Charlie" Attie
Creator Nationality: 
North American; American
Creator Role: 
Artist
Creator Dates/Places: 
1899 Syria-1960 USA
Biography: 
Came to U.S. in 1903.
Creator Name-CRT: 
Peter "Charlie" Attie Besharo
Title: 
Lady Liberty of 1953 to 1962?
Title Type: 
Title
View: 
Full View
Creation Date: 
ca. 1962
Creation Start Date: 
1962
Creation End Date: 
1962
Materials and Techniques: 
acrylic and metallic paint, varnish, and pencil on paperboard
Dimensions: 
22 5/8 x 28 1/2 in. (57.5 x 72.5 cm.)
AMICA Contributor: 
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Owner Location: 
Washington, DC, USA
ID Number: 
1986.65.100
Credit Line: 
Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson
Inscriptions: 
upper left in black paint: ?left to center in red paint: PENETRATORS LIBERTYlowerleft in red paint: SPIRIT/OF 1953lower left in black paint on white arrow: MAGNETBEAM/OVER 450 COBIT/LONGlower left in black paint on white arrow: EAGLE/WINGNOT/"DRAWING"lower center to lower right in black paint on white arrow: LADY LIBERTY OF1953 to 1962 ? Zone/U.S.A. CREED 19358-53 JEDWALL 5-6-7 E
Copyright: 
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Rights: 
Related Image Identifier Link: 
SAAM.1986.65.100.tif