"The French Hold-up": Illustration for the Essay "Star of Hope"
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Classification:
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Date:
ca. 1940-1942
Medium:
Brush and black ink on three pieces of ivory paper, laid on a larger sheet
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 1/8 x 14 7/8 in. (25.7 x 37.8 cm)
Credit Line:
Gift of the Joseph M. McCrindle Foundation
Object Number:
2009.37
Inscriptions:
Signed in black ink at lower right: "Bemelmans"; inscribed in black ink at lower center: "STAR OF HOPE"
Gallery Label:
Illustration on page 43 for the short essay "Star of Hope," was published in I Love you, I Love You, I Love You (New York: The Viking Press, 1942, pp. 38-48), one of Bemelmans' collections of light essays that relates the escapades of a world traveler. The essay was first published in Town and Country (February 1940, pp. 34-35, 75) with different illustrations under the title "I love America." In the first illustration, the title is lettered in script with the "i" in "America" dotted by a star, hence the second title of this piece in which America and Americans are both celebrated and satirized. Written in the early days of World War II, it captures some of the ambiguities and humorous differences in European-American cultural interfaces.
Date Begin:
1940
Date End:
1942
eMuseum Object ID:
64921
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Women and Children on a Stairwell: Life Studies Related to "La Vie des Bohémiens"
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Classification:
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Date:
1937
Medium:
Brown ink over graphite (scene outlined in graphite) on ivory board
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 7/8 x 9 7/8 in. (20 x 25.1 cm)
Credit Line:
Gift of the Joseph M. McCrindle Foundation
Object Number:
2009.36
Inscriptions:
Signed with initials and dated in brown ink at lower right: "E.B. [in an oval] 37"; verso inscribed in graphite at upper left: "…connected with / La Vie des Bohémiens / the mural decoration for / J.T. Soby at Farmington / Connecticut, 1936-37"
Date Begin:
1937
Date End:
1937
eMuseum Object ID:
64920
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
The Temptation of St. Anthony; verso: recumbent figure kneeling before a tree(?)
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Classification:
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Date:
1946
Medium:
Brush and black ink on ivory paper with deckled edges
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 3/8 x 9 1/2 in. (31.4 x 24.1 cm)
Credit Line:
Gift of the Joseph M. McCrindle Foundation
Object Number:
2009.35
Inscriptions:
Signed with initials and dated at lower center in black ink: "19 E.B. [in an oval] 46."; inscribed at upper center in black ink: "La Tentation de St. Antoine"
Date Begin:
1946
Date End:
1946
eMuseum Object ID:
64919
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Washington at Valley Forge: Study for an Illustration
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Date:
mid 19th Century
Medium:
Graphite on Bristol board
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 7/8 x 6 3/8 in. (20 x 16.2 cm), irregular
Description:
Mattted with the illustration, which accompanied the drawing
Object Number:
Z.3661
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
64344
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Portrait of a Young Woman
Classification:
Date:
1866
Medium:
Graphite and black ink on heavy beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 1/8 x 9 in. (15.6 x 22.9 cm)
Object Number:
Z.3660
Inscriptions:
Signed and dated at lower center in gray ink: "F. O. C. Darley fecit. 1866."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1866
eMuseum Object ID:
64343
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Caricature of Hevlyn D. Benson (1879 -1948)
Classification:
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Date:
1930-1939
Medium:
Watercolor and black crayon on card
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 7/16 x 8 7/8 in. (24 x 22.5 cm)
Credit Line:
Gift of Hevlyn D. Benson, February 26, 1940
Object Number:
Z.3659
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower left in black crayon: "Dick Kirschbaum"; inscribed above: "HEVLYN D. / BENSON-"; at lower right: "Compliments / of / STAR-EAGLE"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1939
eMuseum Object ID:
64342
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Drawing Book: Views Aboard Ship and other sketches including ones of the Aurora Borealis, 23 folios
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Classification:
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Date:
1894
Medium:
Graphite, white pastel, and black chalk, on various colored papers, bound into a drawing book.
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 15/16 x 6 in. (10 x 15.2 cm), irregular
Object Number:
Z.3658
Inscriptions:
Inscribed, signed, and dated at upper center of first folio in graphite: "A. P. Rogers- / July, Aug. & Sept - / 1894-"; various additional inscriptions on folios
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1894
eMuseum Object ID:
64341
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
The Narrowest House in New York City
Classification:
Date:
1937
Medium:
Black ink and watercolor on card
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 7/8 x 8 3/4 in. (30.2 x 22.2 cm)
Credit Line:
Gift of Jas. Boyd, June 19, 1939
Object Number:
Z.3657
Inscriptions:
Inscribed and signed at lower right in black ink: "The Narrowest House / in New York City / Syd Browne / 37"; verso: inscribed at upper left in graphite: "The Narrowest House / 75 1/2 Bedford St. N.Y.C."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1937
eMuseum Object ID:
64340
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Self-Portrait (1856 - 1945)
Classification:
Date:
1925
Medium:
Graphite on card; verso printed with an invitation to an exhibition opening at Brooklyn Museum, April 14 (1925?)
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 1/16 x 4 3/4 in. (17.9 x 12.1 cm)
Credit Line:
Gift of John Ward Dunsmore, April 8, 1941
Object Number:
Z.3656
Inscriptions:
Dated at lower right in graphite: "May 8/25"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1925
eMuseum Object ID:
64325
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
The Royal Mail Company's West Indies Fleet in Southampton Water in 1841
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Classification:
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Date:
ca. 1953
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on heavy watercolor paper laid on card.
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 1/8 x 9 in. (15.6 x 22.9 cm)
Description:
Watercolor for "Ships of the Royal Mail Lines-Ross Ship Series" (London: Adlard Coles, 1953) by Prosper Dowden, illustrated by Campbell.
Object Number:
Z.3655
Inscriptions:
Inscribed on verso at center in graphite: "With very best wishes for the New Year / G.F. Campbell"; with various publication annotations
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1958
eMuseum Object ID:
64324
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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