Collection Highlights
"A Visit from St. Nicholas"
Date:
1862
Object Number:
MSS.BV.Moore.1
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Portrait of Walter Pach (1883-1958)
Object Number:
1990.1.108
Date:
1930
Medium:
Graphite on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 1/4 x 4 7/16 in. ( 15.9 x 11.3 cm )
Marks:
signature and date: lower right: "M.H.W. / '30"
inscription: across lower edge: "To W. H. Walker with the regards / of the subject -- Walter Pach"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right in graphite: "W.H.W / '30"; signed by sitter at lower center: "to W. H. Walker with the regards / of the subject -- Walter Pach"
Description:
Portrait
Gallery Label:
A champion of modern art, Pach acted as European agent for the groundbreaking Armory Show of 1913, which introduced European modern art to the mainstream American public. He was a notable painter of portraits and still lifes, as well as an author of many scholarly books and articles on art and art criticism.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Family of William Henry Walker
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
