Portrait of a Fire Hydrant, Grammercy Park, New York
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1999
Medium:
Pastel on light blue paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 25 5/8 x 19 1/4 in. (65.1 x 48.9 cm)
Description:
Drawing: Three-quarter view of the black fire hydrant with a yellow top, which is located on the southwest side of Gramercy Park at the intersection of 20th Street and Irving Place.
Credit Line:
Gift of John M. Kaiser
Object Number:
2002.28
Inscriptions:
Signed and dated at lower right in yellow pastel: "H. S. ORTHOFER 01"
Gallery Label:
The artist lives on Gramercy and frequently passes the subject.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1999
eMuseum Object ID:
45217
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Portrait of Morris L. Ernst (b. 1888)
Classification:
Date:
1937
Medium:
Graphite on notepad paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 x 5 in. ( 17.8 x 12.7 cm )
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Gift of the Family of William Henry Walker
Object Number:
1990.1.228
Marks:
signature and date: lower left: "Wm H Walker / D. T. Feb 23/37"
inscriptions: upper center: "Ye olde Morris Nerts" lower right: "Morris L. Ernst" and lower center: "author 'The Ultimate Power' MORRIS L. ERNST"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left in graphite: "Wm H Walker / D. T. Feb 23/37"; along lower edge: "author 'The Ultimate Power' MORRIS L. ERNST"; along upper edge: "Ye olde Morris Nerts"; signed by sitter at lower right: "Morris L. Ernst"
Gallery Label:
A graduate of New York Law School (1912), Ernst served as counsel for the American Newspaper Guild, Authors League of America, U.S. War Production Board, New York State Legislative Committee for Hard of Hearing, Dramatists Guild, and American Civil Liberties Union. He wrote extensively on issues of censorship and privacy.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1937
eMuseum Object ID:
45210
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Portrait of Dorothy Kilgallen (1913-1965)
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1936
Medium:
Graphite on notepad paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 x 5 in. ( 17.8 x 12.7 cm )
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Gift of the Family of William Henry Walker
Object Number:
1990.1.214
Marks:
signature: left: "Wm.H.Walker"
inscription and date: lower right: "Dorothy Kilgallen / Dutch Treat Club / Oct 27/36"
inscription: lower left: "(N.Y. Journal) / Around the World in 25 days"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left in graphite: "Wm. H. Walker / (N.Y. Journal) / Around the World in 25 days"; at lower right: "Dutch Treat Club / Oct 27/36"; signed by sitter at lower right: "Dorothy Killgallen"
Gallery Label:
The subject, a journalist and radio and television personality, began her career as a cub reporter for Hearst's New York Evening Journal in 1931. Her popular book "Girl Around the World," an account of her experience reporting while racing around the world, was published in 1937.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1936
eMuseum Object ID:
45209
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Portrait of Lin Yu-T'ang (1895-1976)
Classification:
Date:
1936
Medium:
Graphite on notepad paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 x 5 in. ( 17.8 x 12.7 cm )
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Gift of the Family of William Henry Walker
Object Number:
1990.1.210
Marks:
signature and date: lower left: "Wm. H.Walker / D. T. Club / Oct 13/36"
inscriptions: lower right: "Lin Yut. . . / LIN YU TANG" and lower center: "AUTHOR 'MY COUNTRY & MY PEOPLE'"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left in graphite: "Wm. H. Walker / D. T. Club / Oct 13/36"; at lower center: "LIN YU TANG / AUTHOR 'My Country & My People'"; signed by sitter at lower right: "Lin Yutang"
Gallery Label:
The subject--a university professor, author, and Chinese government official--was born in China and educated in the United States (M.A., Harvard, 1920) and Germany (Ph.D., University of Leipzig, 1923). His book "My Country and My People" first appeared in 1935.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1936
eMuseum Object ID:
45208
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Profile Portrait of Fyodor Chaliapin (1873-1938)
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1935
Medium:
Graphite on notepad paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 5/8 x 5 in. ( 19.4 x 12.7 cm )
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Gift of the Family of William Henry Walker
Object Number:
1990.1.190
Marks:
signature and date: lower left: "Wm. H. Walker / Mar 5/35 / Dutch Treat"
inscriptions: lower right: "F Chal. . ." and "Chaliapin"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left in graphite: "Wm H. Walker / Mar 5/35 / Dutch Treat"; at lower right: "Chaliapin"; signed by sitter at lower right: "F. Chaliapin"
Gallery Label:
Fyodor Chaliapin performed with the Metropolitan Opera Co. in New York.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1935
eMuseum Object ID:
45207
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Profile Portrait of Marek Windheim (1895-1960)
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1934
Medium:
Graphite on notepad paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 1/8 x 5 5/16 in. ( 18.1 x 13.5 cm )
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Gift of the Family of William Henry Walker
Object Number:
1990.1.174
Marks:
signature and date: right: "Wm. H. Walker / Dutch Treat Club / Mar 6/34"
inscriptions: lower center: "Marek Windheim" and lower right: "(POLISH BARITONE) MAREK WYNDHEIM / MET. OPERA CO-"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at middle right in graphite: "Wm. H. Walker / Dutch Treat Club / Mar 6/34 / (POLISH BARITONE) MAREK WYNDHEIM / MET. OPERA CO."; signed by sitter at lower center: "Marek Windheim"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1934
eMuseum Object ID:
45206
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Portrait of Madame Frances Alda (1883-1952)
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1932
Medium:
Graphite on notepad paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 1/4 x 5 1/2 in. ( 21 x 14 cm )
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Gift of the Family of William Henry Walker
Object Number:
1990.1.148
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right in graphite: "Wm. H. Walker / Dutch Treat / Oct 25/32"; signed by sitter at lower center: "MME FRANCES ALDA"
Gallery Label:
The subject was an opera singer originally from New Zealand. She performed regularly with the Metropolitan Opera in New York from 1908 to 1929.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1932
eMuseum Object ID:
45201
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Profile Portrait of Frank Hawke
Classification:
Date:
1931
Medium:
Graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. ( 19 x 14 cm )
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Gift of the Family of William Henry Walker
Object Number:
1990.1.118
Marks:
signature and date: lower left: "Wm. H. Walker / '31"
inscription: lower right: "Frank Hawke" ?
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left in graphite: "Wm. H.Walker / '31"; signed by sitter in graphite at lower center: "Frank Hawke"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1931
eMuseum Object ID:
45200
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Profile Portrait of Maria Jeritza (1887-1982)
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1929
Medium:
Graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 3/8 x 4 7/16 in. ( 16.2 x 11.3 cm )
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Gift of the Family of William Henry Walker
Object Number:
1990.1.72
Marks:
signature and date: lower left: "Wm H. Walker / Feb 5/29"
inscription and date: lower right: "Maria Jeritza / 1929"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left in graphite: "Wm H.Walker / Feb 5/29"; signed by sitter at lower right: "Maria Jeritza / 1929"
Gallery Label:
An operatic soprano and reigning diva of the 1920s, the subject was a principal artist with the Metropolitan Opera in New York between 1921 and 1932. Critics called her "the Duse of Opera." Born in Moravia, she became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1943.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1929
eMuseum Object ID:
45199
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Alfred Aloysius Horn (d. 1931)
Classification:
Date:
1927
Medium:
Graphite on notepad paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 x 4 7/8 in. ( 17.8 x 12.4 cm )
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Gift of the Family of William Henry Walker
Object Number:
1990.1.58[dup]
Marks:
signature: lower right: "Wm. H. Walker"
inscription and date: lower center: "Aloysius Horn / "TRADER HORN" / March 20" - 1928"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right in graphite: "Wm. H. Walker / 'TRADER HORN' March 20" -- 1928"; signed by sitter at lower center: "Aloysius Horn"
Gallery Label:
The subject, known as "Trader" Horn, was an English adventurer and author.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1928
eMuseum Object ID:
45198
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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