Collection Highlights
Indenture of Peter van Dyck and Cornelia, his Wife, Documenting the Administration of Margrieta van Varick's Estate
Date:
September 4, 1719
Object Number:
MSS.VanCortlandtPapers.vanDyck
Medium:
Pen and ink on paper, wax
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
David Eli Lilienthal (b. 1899)
Object Number:
1947.213
Date:
ca. 1945
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 30 1/4 x 25 3/4 in. ( 76.8 x 65.4 cm )
Marks:
signature: lower right: "Enit Kaufman"
Gallery Label:
The subject, a native of Morton, Illinois, attended Harvard Law School and established his practice in Chicago. In 1933 he was appointed one of the three directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority as a result of his legal experience with large public utility corporations. His book, "TVA: Democracy on the March" (1944), describes that enormous project which included land conservation and reclamation, reforestation, and the production and sale of electrical power.
Credit Line:
Gift of the artist
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
