Collection Highlights
Map of the Borough of Manhattan of the City of New York, showing relation between the distribution of foreign stock and negro population with the dissemination of communist and socialist propaganda during the summer of 1932
Date:
1932
Object Number:
LIB.NS11.M14.1.20
Medium:
black and color ink on paper, backed with cloth
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Brush - long lettering brush
Object Number:
1932.237b.87
Date:
1815-1850
Medium:
Stained wood, bristles, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 1/8 x 1/4 in. (30.8 x 0.6 cm)
Marks:
Stamped "3" on handle.
Description:
Light stained wood handle, tapers gradually. Seamed, conical metal ferrule. Black and white (badger hair? Squirrel?) bristles.
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this tabouret was used by Asher B. Durand, an artist and engraver best known for his Hudson River school paintings.
Credit Line:
Gift of Nora Durand Woodman
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
