Collection Highlights
The Course of Empire: Desolation
Date:
1836
Object Number:
1858.5
Medium:
Oil on canvas (relined)
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Luce Center
Unidentified Eames Family Man: Silhouette
Object Number:
Z.2503
Date:
1827
Medium:
Hollow-cut beige paper with black paper underlay, and black ink and wash
Dimensions:
frame: 5 1/4 x 4 1/2 x 5/8 in. ( 13.3 x 11.4 x 1.6 cm )
image height: 2 1/2 in. ( 6.4 cm )
Marks:
dated: below bust: "1827"
Inscriptions:
Faintly inscribed at lower center: "Taken 1827"; verso of frame backing inscribed in graphite: "Eames Family"
Description:
Silhouette: Bust of male subject in left-facing profile; hollow-cut from beige paper with hair and details of costume drawn in black ink; in oval window of rectangular frame made of gilded molded sheet brass over wood.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
