Collection Highlights
Properties, Including Vacant Plots, Foreclosed in Manhattan During 1930-1931-1932
Date:
March 29, 1933
Object Number:
LIB.F128.HD251.R28
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
The Barge Office, New York City
Object Number:
1954.17
Date:
c. 1841
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, and Conté crayon on paper laid on board
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 x 15 3/8 in. (22.9 x 39.1 cm)
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed, lower left: Gignoux.
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower left in graphite: "Gignoux"; reverse of board along upper border has partially obliterated inscription in black ink: "…father Joseph / (Medical / Health) officer of the Port of New York / --Painted circa 1800 -- / William F. Beekman"; at middle left: "Partially obliterated top line reads 'Painted by [R.F.] Gignoux for my / great-grandfather Joseph Bayley', The artist's name appears both as Regis Francois or Francois Regis Gignoux / (1816-1882). / The date depicted is ca. 1800=180
Description:
Architecture
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Fenwick Beekman
Provenance:
The Beekman Family, New York City
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
