Collection Highlights
Camp scene from photograph
Date:
ca. 1861-1865
Object Number:
PR.022.4
Medium:
Wood engraving
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Luce Center
Design for a Window in a Private Mausoleum (Flowering Tree in Landscape with Water and Mountains)
Object Number:
N84.142
Date:
1900-20
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, and Conté crayon on paper laid on board, overmatted, in original presentation mount
Dimensions:
image: 4 1/4 x 2 3/4 in. ( 10.8 x 7 cm )
mat: 10 7/8 x 7 7/8 in. ( 27.6 x 20 cm )
Marks:
written in architectural style: below image on original mat: "- SKETCH No - 4203 - - SCALE 1" = 1' - 0" - / - SUGGESTION - FOR - / - WINDOW - / - IN - PRIVATE - MAUSOLEUM - / - ECCLESIASTICAL DEPT - / - TIFFANY STUDIOS - / - NEW-YORK-CITY - NY - / - APPRO
Inscriptions:
Original mount inscribed below window in graphite: " - SKETCH - NO. - 4203 - - SCALE - 1" = 1' - 0" - / - SUGGESTION - FOR - / - WINDOW - / - IN - PRIVATE - MAUSOLEUM - / - ECCLESIASTICAL -DEPT - / - TIFFANY - STUDIOS- / - NEW - YORK - CITY - N.Y - / -APPROVED - BY -"
Description:
Design drawing: Flowering Tree in landscape with water and mountains.
Bibliography:
Gray, Nina. “The work of Tiffany Studios.” The Magazine Antiques, Vol. 167, no.1, January 2005, p.194-201.
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Egon Neustadt
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
