Collection Highlights
Seated Man Writing, from the Economical School Series
Date:
c. 1810-14
Object Number:
1953.274f
Medium:
Black chalk, charcoal, and gray wash on light blue paper
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Negro Kids, from the Series "59th Street Drawings"
Object Number:
1976.13.48
Date:
c. 1945-46
Medium:
Brown ink and wash over graphite on paper, mounted on album page
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 x 10 5/8 in. ( 20.3 x 27 cm )
portfolio: 16 x 13 1/4 x 2 in. ( 40.6 x 33.7 x 5.1 cm )
Marks:
signature: lower right: "Lionel S. Reiss"
inscription: lower left: "West Side Playground"
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower left in brown ink: "Lionel S. Reiss"; inscribed at lower center: "Negro Kids"
Description:
Genre
Credit Line:
Foster-Jarvis Fund, and contribution of Harry Goldberg
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
