Collection Highlights
Ki On Twog Ky (also known as Cornplanter ) (1732/40-1836)
Date:
1796
Object Number:
1867.314
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Maria Fusco
Object Number:
1935.85.2.197
Date:
c. 1876
Medium:
Graphite on ivory paper.
Dimensions:
Sheet: 3 3/4 x 4 11/16 in. (9.5 x 11.9 cm)
Inscriptions:
Inscribed in graphite at upper left: "MARIA FUSCO"; at lower right: "CB"
Description:
Maria Fusco was a model in Paris used by Beckwith and others from 1873 to 1878. For photos of Maria Fusco, see J. Carroll Beckwith Scrapbooks Volume 1, page 19 verso & Volume 7, page 50 verso
Drawing from a bound album of 308 tipped in works by Beckwith.
Verso: Partial sketch (page excised) of mother and child.
Credit Line:
Gift of the National Academy of Design
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
