Collection Highlights
Draft wheel
Date:
ca. 1863
Object Number:
1865.6
Medium:
Wood, metal
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Luce Center
Profile Portrait of Josef Lhévinne (1874-1944)
Object Number:
1990.1.206
Date:
1936
Medium:
Graphite on notepad paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 x 5 in. ( 17.8 x 12.7 cm )
Marks:
signature: lower left: "Wm.H.Walker"
inscriptions and date: lower center: "Thank you! / Josef Lhevinne / Feb 25 - 36 / JOSEPH LHEVINNE"
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower left in graphite: "Wm. H. Walker"; inscribed at lower right: "JOSEPH LHEVINNE"; signed by sitter at lower right: "Thank you! Josef Lhevinne / Feb 26 -- 36"
Description:
Portrait
Gallery Label:
Lhévinne, a Russian-born pianist, had his U.S. debut with the Russian Symphony Orchestra in New York, in 1906. He later taught at the Julliard Graduate School.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Family of William Henry Walker
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
