Collection Highlights
Subway controller
Date:
1904
Object Number:
1922.103
Medium:
Silver, steel, ebony
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Tile
Object Number:
2000.817
Date:
ca. 1955
Medium:
Ceramic
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 x 6 x 1/4 in. ( 15.2 x 15.2 x 0.6 cm )
Marks:
silk-screened: below the image: "Potage a la Tortue"
silk-screened: in the lower left corner: "fabres"
Description:
Ceramic tile silkscreened with an image of a chef riding a turtle and carrying a tureen above his head; inscribed below the image, "Potage a la Tortue;" recipe for "Potage a la Tortue" printed on the paper label on the reverse.
Gallery Label:
Oscar Fabres (1894-1959) was a Chilean artist and illustrator who lived in New York.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Oscar Fabres through the estate of Francine Salmon
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
