Collection Highlights
Pierre Toussaint (ca. 1781-1853)
Date:
ca. 1825
Object Number:
1920.4
Medium:
Watercolor on ivory
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Profile Portrait of Alexander Brailowsky (1896-1976)
Object Number:
1990.1.18
Date:
1925
Medium:
Graphite on heavy paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 1/16 x 3 7/16 in. ( 15.4 x 8.7 cm )
Marks:
signature: lower left: "Wm HWalker"
inscription and date: lower right: "A. Brailowsky / Oct 20/25"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left in graphite: "Wm H. Walker / Oct 20/25"; signed by sitter at lower center: "A. Brailowsky"
Description:
Portrait
Gallery Label:
Brailowksy, a Russian-born pianist, first performed on tour in the United States in 1924.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Family of William Henry Walker
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
