Collection Highlights
Wooden leg of Gouverneur Morris
Date:
ca. 1780
Object Number:
1954.148
Medium:
Oak, leather, metal
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Luce Center
Figures Around a Fountain, Cadore, Italy
Object Number:
1935.85.2.124
Date:
June 24, 1875
Medium:
Graphite on ivory paper.
Dimensions:
Sheet: 3 7/16 x 5 in. (8.7 x 12.7 cm)
Inscriptions:
Recto: Inscribed in graphite at upper right: "Cadore 24th Juin 75"; at lower left: "CB"
Verso: Color notations inscribed in graphite throughout: "gray & pink clouds"; "Blue"; "Scarlet"; "white yellow figures"; "[amur...?]"; "yellow / in shade"; "blue"; "Brown"; "gold / chain"; "green"; "yellow"; "gray"
Description:
Drawing from a bound album of 308 tipped in works by Beckwith.
Verso: Loose sketch, a copy from a painting(?), with color notations throughout. Below, a partial sketch (page excised)
Credit Line:
Gift of the National Academy of Design
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
