Profile Portrait of an Unidentified Man
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
c. 1932
Medium:
Graphite on notepad paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 15/16 x 5 5/16 in. ( 17.6 x 13.5 cm )
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Gift of the Family of William Henry Walker
Object Number:
1990.1.145
Marks:
inscription: lower left: [name of subject - illegible]
Inscriptions:
Signed by sitter illegibly at lower left in graphite
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1932
eMuseum Object ID:
43808
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Profile Portrait of Göta Ljungberg (1893-1955)
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1932
Medium:
Graphite on notepad paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 15/16 x 5 5/16 in. ( 17.6 x 13.5 cm )
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Gift of the Family of William Henry Walker
Object Number:
1990.1.146
Marks:
inscription and date: lower right: "Dutch Treat Apr 12/32"
inscriptions: lower left: "Mme Ljun[g]berg" ? and "Met. Opera Co - / Swedish Soprano"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed along lower edge in graphite: "Met. Opera Co. / Swedish Soprano / Dutch Treat Apr 12/32"; signed by sitter at lower left: "Mme Ljungberg."
Gallery Label:
Göta Ljungberg performed with the Metropolitan Opera Co. from 1932 to 1935.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1932
eMuseum Object ID:
43809
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Portrait of Thomas F. Woodlock (1866-1945)
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1932
Medium:
Graphite on notepad paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 15/16 x 5 5/16 in. ( 17.6 x 13.5 cm )
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Gift of the Family of William Henry Walker
Object Number:
1990.1.144
Marks:
signature: lower left: "Wm HWalker"
inscription and date: upper right: "Thomas F. Woodlock Feb 2 1932"
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower left in graphite: "Wm. H. Walker"; signed by sitter vertically at middle right: "Thomas F. Woodblock Feb 2 1932"
Gallery Label:
A native of Ireland, Woodlock came to the U.S. in 1892 and worked for the Wall Street Journal from 1892 to 1905. He was a member of the Interstate Commerce Commission, appointed by President Coolidge, from 1925 to 1930.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1932
eMuseum Object ID:
43807
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Portrait of Mary Ellis (b. 1900)
Classification:
Date:
c. 1932
Medium:
Graphite on notepad paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 7/8 x 5 5/16 in. ( 17.5 x 13.5 cm )
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Gift of the Family of William Henry Walker
Object Number:
1990.1.143
Marks:
signature: left: "Wm HWalker"
inscription: center: "Mary Ellis"
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower left in graphite: "Wm H Walker"; signed by sitter at lower center: "Mary Ellis"
Gallery Label:
The subject was an American opera singer and actress.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1932
eMuseum Object ID:
43806
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Profile Portrait of H. G. Wells (1866-1946)
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1931
Medium:
Graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 15/16 x 5 in. ( 15.1 x 12.7 cm )
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Gift of the Family of William Henry Walker
Object Number:
1990.1.140
Marks:
signature and date: lower left: "Wm HWalker / '31"
inscription: lower right: "H. G. Wells"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left in graphite: "Wm. H. Walker / '31"; signed by sitter at lower right: "H. G Wells"
Gallery Label:
Herbert George (better known as H. G.) Wells was a native of England. A prolific author, he published novels, short stories, and political, religious, and social commentary.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1931
eMuseum Object ID:
43805
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Profile Portrait of Maximilian Toch (1864-1946)
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1931
Medium:
Graphite on notepad paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 x 5 5/16 in. ( 15.2 x 13.5 cm )
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Gift of the Family of William Henry Walker
Object Number:
1990.1.138
Marks:
date: lower left: "Dec 8/31"
inscription: lower right: "Maximilian Toch"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower right in graphite: "Dec 8/31"; signed by sitter at lower right: "Maximilian Toch"
Gallery Label:
The subject, a native New Yorker, taught chemistry in New York City.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1931
eMuseum Object ID:
43804
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Woman and Child Reading, Folio 20 in the John Ludlow Morton Album
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1831
Medium:
Graphite and gray wash on card, bound into an album
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 3/16 x 6 15/16 in. (20.8 x 17.6 cm)
Credit Line:
Bequest of Emily Ellison Post
Object Number:
1944.384
Marks:
Signed and inscribed at lower right in graphite: "TS.[monogram] 1831."; below in brown ink: "T. Sully. 16[sic]831."
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right in graphite: "TS.[monogram] 1831."; below in brown ink: "T. Sully. 16[sic]831."
Provenance:
John Ludlow Morton, New York City; Harriet E. Morton Ellison; Emily Ellison Post, Jackson Heights, New York
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1831
eMuseum Object ID:
43785
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Study for an Army Air Forces Insignia- Sketch of a Man
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1946-1947
Medium:
Graphite, gouache
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches
Description:
Drawing of the head and upper torso of a young man on Army Air Force stationery with logo.
Credit Line:
Gift of Betty Spitz
Object Number:
2001.29
Gallery Label:
The drawing elaborates on the artist's war-time experiences and dates form his World War II service.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1947
eMuseum Object ID:
43784
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Ivan Tauss (1890-1963)
Classification:
Date:
1947
Medium:
Graphite and white gouache on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 1/8 x 8 1/4 in. ( 23.2 x 21 cm )
Description:
Portrait: Bust-length portrait nearly in profile looking left of the artist's father.
Credit Line:
Gift of Jack G. Tauss
Object Number:
2001.26
Marks:
Signed and dated: Lower right in graphite: " atatis svae 57./ Ivan Daniel / 1947. a u/s s (in arms of a cross as a monogram) TAUSS."
Inscriptions:
Inscribed and signed at lower right in graphite: "atatis svaE 57. / Ivan Daniel / 1947. monogram[cross with a, u, s, s in arms] Tauss."
Gallery Label:
Sitter is the father of the artist and the donor is the brother of the artist and the son of the sitter. He played an important role in the labor movement in New York during the late 1920 and early 1930s, as the labor organizer for Bond Bread Baking Company. He later became Secretary/Treasurer of Local 52 of the General Baking Union of the AFL. The Local subsequently joined the CIO and then became part of the Teamsters Union. The Bond Bread factory was located on East End Avenue and 82nd Street.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1947
eMuseum Object ID:
43783
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Two Portraits of Richard Tauber (d. 1948)
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1931
Medium:
Graphite on notepad paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 1/8 x 5 5/16 in. ( 15.6 x 13.5 cm )
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Gift of the Family of William Henry Walker
Object Number:
1990.1.137
Marks:
signature, date and inscription: lower right: "Wm HWalker / Nov 10/31 / Dutch Treat / Richard Tauber / German tenor"
inscription and date: upper right: "Richard Tauber / 931"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right in graphite: "Wm H Walker / Nov 10/31 / Dutch Treat / Richard Tauber / German Tenor"; signed by sitter at upper right: "Richard Tauber / 1931""
Gallery Label:
A native of Austria, the subject distinguished himself as an opera singer, conductor, and composer.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1931
eMuseum Object ID:
43774
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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