MVSEVM

Date: 2006
 * [[image:https://s3.amazonaws.com/saam.media/files/styles/x_large/s3/images/2006/2006.8_1a.jpg?itok=JZEfbRQi width="390" height="280" link="@https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/mvsevm-75590"]] || Title: **MVSEVM**

Artist: **David Beck** Born: Muncie, Indiana 1953

Medium: mixed media construction Dimensions: work: approximately 32 x 55 x 50 in. (81.3 x 139.7 x 127.0 cm) base: 37 x 59 x 55 in. (94.0 x 149.9 x 139.7 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum Gift of Thelma and Melvin Lenkin

Accession: 2006.8 || //MVSEVM// is a lavish and intricate sculptural tableau which conjures an entire museum magically compressed to a work of approximately five feet by five feet and standing six feet high on its pedestal. The exterior presents a grand and almost comically formal vision of a museum with Greek columns and fine stonework arranged into four wings around a central courtyard. This design also pays homage to the Greek Revival facade of the National Historic Landmark building at 8th and F Streets, NW, Washington, DC - historically known as the Old Patent Office Building - which now houses the American Art Museum and the National Portrait Gallery.
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Portrait of a MVSEVM Quick Facts- MVSEVM Beck's Notes on Portraits Find Beck's Signature MVSEVM by David Beck-- Press Release <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Behind Miniature Doors, an Exotic World <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">
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