Portrait of Gertrude Stein (1874-1946)
Classification:
Date:
1934
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:
1990.1.185
Marks:
signature and inscription: lower left: "Wm HWalker / Dutch Treat Club"
inscription and date: lower right: "[Gertrude?] Stein / [November?] 19/34"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left in graphite: "Wm H Walker / Dutch Treat Luncheon"; signed by sitter at lower right: "Gertrude Stein / Novb 19/34"
Gallery Label:
An avant-garde writer and poet, Stein was educated at Harvard Annex, later called Radcliffe College. A pioneer in literary modernism and supporter of modern art and artists, she was well-known for the "salons" or intellectual gatherings that took place at her home in Paris.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1934
eMuseum Object ID:
43866
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Profile Portrait of Sean O'Casey (1880-1964)
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1934
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:
1990.1.183
Marks:
signature, date and inscription: lower left: "Wm. H. Walker / Oct 30/34 / Dutch Treat"
inscription: upper right: "'That's the way I think I look'"
inscriptions: lower right: "Sean O'Casey / SEAN O. Casey"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left in graphite: "Wm. H. Walker / Oct 30/34 / Dutch Treat"; at lower right: "SEAN O. CASEY"; signed by sitter at lower center: "Sean O'Casey"; at upper right: "'That's the way I think I look'"
Gallery Label:
Sean O'Casey was an Irish playwright and author.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1934
eMuseum Object ID:
43865
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Portrait of George Creel (1876-1953)
Classification:
Date:
1934
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:
1990.1.182
Marks:
signature and date: lower right: "Wm HWalker / Oct 30/34 / Dutch / Treat"
inscription: lower center: "George Cr[uz?] / God help me."
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right in graphite: "Wm H Walker / Oct 30/34 / Dutch Treat"; signed by sitter along lower edge: "GeorgE Creel / God help me."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1934
eMuseum Object ID:
43864
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Portrait of Rupert Hughes (1872-1956)
Classification:
Date:
1934
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:
1990.1.181
Marks:
signature and date: lower left: "Wm HWalker / '34"
inscriptions: lower left: "never heard a shot / fired in aught / Save [Kundun?]" and lower right: "Rupert Hughes"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left in graphite: "Wm H Walker / '34"; signed by sitter along lower edge: "Never heard a shot / fired in August / save Kindner(?) / Ruper Hughes"
Gallery Label:
Rupert Hughes was a poet, biographer and playwright. He wrote and directed motion pictures, wrote radio sketches, and also did radio commentary.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1934
eMuseum Object ID:
43863
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Profile Portrait of Robert Joseph Flaherty (1884-1951)
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1934
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:
1990.1.180
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"
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.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1934
eMuseum Object ID:
43862
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Profile Portrait of Egon Petri (1881-1962)
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:
1990.1.179
Marks:
signature: lower left: "Wm H Walker"
inscriptions: lower left: "Dutch Treat Club / June 5/34" and lower right: "To Mr. / W. H. Walker / very cordially / Egon Petri / EGON PETRI"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left in graphite: "Wm. H. Walker / Dutch Treat Club / June 5/24"; at lower right: "EGON PETRI"; signed by sitter at lower right: "To Mr. / W.H. Walker / very cordially / Egon Petri"
Gallery Label:
The subject was a Dutch-born pianist.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1934
eMuseum Object ID:
43861
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Portrait Katia Mann (Mrs. Thomas Mann) (1883-1980)
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:
1990.1.178
Marks:
signature: lower left: "Wm HWalker"
inscriptions and date: lower right: "Katia Mann / Mrs. Thos. Mann - / Dutch Treat Club / June 5/34"
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower left in graphite: "Wm H Walker"; inscribed at lower right: "Mrs Tho. Mann -- / Dutch Treat Club / June 5/34"; signed by sitter at lower right: "Katia Mann"
Gallery Label:
Mrs. Thomas Mann, née Katia Pringsheim, was the daughter of a wealthy Jewish family from Munich, Germany.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1934
eMuseum Object ID:
43860
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Portrait of Lauritz Lebrecth Hommel Melchior (1890-1973)
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:
1990.1.175
Marks:
signature, inscription and date: lower left: "Wm. H. Walker / Dutch Treat Club / Mar 6/34"
inscriptions: lower right: "Lauritz Melchior / LAURITZ MELCHIOR / DANISH TENOR MET. OPERA CO"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left in graphite: "Wm. H. Walker / Dutch Treat Club / Mar 6/34'; at lower right: "LAURITZ MELCHOIR / DANISH TENOR MET. OPERA CO"; signed by sitter at lower center: "Lauritz Melchoir"
Gallery Label:
The subject, a Danish-born operatic tenor, performed with New York's Metropolitan Opera Co. from 1925 to 1950. Martin Mayer describes him as "the second most important tenor of the [20th] century, yielding pride of place only to Caruso," in "The Met: One Hundred Years of Grand Opera" (New York, 1983).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1934
eMuseum Object ID:
43859
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Profile Portrait of Harry Gilbert (?)
Classification:
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: Organist 5th Avenue Presbyterian Church 1920-1953
Credit Line:
Gift of the Family of William Henry Walker
Object Number:
1990.1.173
Marks:
signature and date: lower left: "Wm. H. Walker / Dutch Treat Club / Mar 6/34"
inscription: lower right: "Harry Gilbert" ?
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left in graphite: "Wm. H. Walker / Dutch Treat Club / Mar 6/34"; signed by sitter at lower right: "Harry Gilbert"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1934
eMuseum Object ID:
43858
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Portrait of Emanuel List (1891-1967)
Classification:
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:
1990.1.171
Marks:
signature: lower left: "Wm H Walker"
date and inscription: lower right: "Jan 16/34 Dutch Treat"
inscriptions: lower center: "Emanuel List" and lower left: "EMANUEL LIST / BASSO MET. OPERA"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left in graphite: "Wm H Walker / EMANUEL LIST / BASSO MET. OPERA"; at lower right: "Jan 16/34 Dutch Treat"; signed by sitter at lower center: "Emanuel List"
Gallery Label:
An Austrian-born operatic bass, the subject had his U.S. debut with the Metropolitan Opera Co., New York, in 1932.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1934
eMuseum Object ID:
43857
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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