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José Benito Ortega #29,651Established

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personAmerican, 1858–1941
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Smithsonian American Art Museum · United States · Acquired 1986 · Accession 1986.65.258 · carved and painted wood, painted cloth, and leather with metal
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, United States · Acquired 1984 · Accession 1983.528 · Wood, fabric, gesso, and paint
Simeon B. Williams Fund
Smithsonian American Art Museum · United States · Acquired 1983 · Accession 1983.37 · oil on carved and glued wood and plastic and metal
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Estelle E. Friedman
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The Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (PAFA) have launched a massive joint exhibition titled "A Nation of Artists,"…
exhibitionsApr 10, 2026
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José Benito Ortega dies
Jan 1, 1941
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José Benito Ortega born
Jan 1, 1858