Collection Highlights
Fire engine condenser case of the Clinton Fire Company No. 41
Date:
ca. 1842
Object Number:
1937.1631
Medium:
Wood, oil paint, gilding
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Luce Center
Profile Portrait of Robert Joseph Flaherty (1884-1951)
Object Number:
1990.1.180
Date:
1934
Medium:
Graphite on notepad paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 5/8 x 5 in. ( 19.4 x 12.7 cm )
Marks:
inscription and date: lower right: "RJ Flaherty / Oct 23 - 34 / New York"
Inscriptions:
Signed by sitter at lower center in graphite: "R J Flaherty / Oct 23 -- 34 / New York"
Description:
Portrait
Gallery Label:
Flaherty was a documentary filmmaker. His best-known film, "Nanook of the North," opened at the Capitol Theater in New York in June, 1922.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Family of William Henry Walker
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
