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Smithsonian American Art Museum
The Beginning

The Beginning, Rodney Thomson, n.d.

RRodney ThomsonAmerican

The Beginning

n.d. · Graphic Arts-Print · 17.8 × 21.3 cm

May one see it?

Unknown: the museum keeps its counsel

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C., United States

The owner is known. Whether it is on view today, the museum does not say, and we were not trained to guess.

In this state since: Sep 25, 2026
Source: The museum's own collection data

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Particulars

Accession number: 1935.13.347

What it shows

Nudity Figure male History Prehistoric peoples

Sources

Smithsonian American Art Museum: the museum's own open data · fetched 3 days ago
Image: Smithsonian American Art Museum — CC0

More by Rodney Thomson

Bob-white and Puma, Rodney Thomson, n.d.

Bob-white and Puma

n.d. · Smithsonian American Art Museum

The Watcher, Rodney Thomson, n.d.

The Watcher

n.d. · Smithsonian American Art Museum

Afternoon, Rodney Thomson, n.d.

Afternoon

n.d. · Smithsonian American Art Museum

Illustration for Puck Magazine, Rodney Thomson, 1909

Illustration for Puck Magazine

1909 · Not on view · Minneapolis Institute of Art

Deer Family, Rodney Thomson, ca. 1935

Deer Family

ca. 1935 · Smithsonian American Art Museum

Neighbors at Smithsonian American Art Museum

Fish Decoy, Unidentified, 20th century

Unidentified

Fish Decoy, 20th century

Head of an Arab Girl, Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, n.d.

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Head of an Arab Girl, n.d.

San Rafael y Tobias, Caban group, ca. 1850-1925

Caban group

San Rafael y Tobias, ca. 1850-1925

San Ramon Nonato, Felipe de la Espada, late 18th-early 19th century

Felipe de la Espada

San Ramon Nonato, late 18th-early 19th century

Cane with Boot-Shaped Handle, Unidentified, late 19th-early 20th century

Unidentified

Cane with Boot-Shaped Handle, late 19th-early 20th century

San Jose, Master of "La Merced", early 18th century

Master of "La Merced"

San Jose, early 18th century

Fish Decoy, Unidentified, ca. 1940s

Unidentified

Fish Decoy, ca. 1940s

Three-Way Portrait of Thomas Jefferson, James Monroe, and Unidentified Native American (William McIntosh?), Unidentified, early 19th century

Unidentified

Three-Way Portrait of Thomas Jefferson, James Monroe, and Unidentified Native American (William McIntosh?), early 19th century

The Beginning — Rodney Thomson · ART WIKI