Oyster-Stand
Classification:
Date:
1840-44
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paper, once bound into an album
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 7/16 x 14 3/4 in. ( 26.5 x 37.5 cm )
mat: 13 5/8 x 18 in. ( 34.6 x 45.7 cm )
Description:
Genre
Credit Line:
Thomas Jefferson Bryan Fund
Object Number:
1980.31
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at the lower center in brown ink: "Oyster-Stand"; at lower right margin in graphite: "19"
Provenance:
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Leech, London
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1848
eMuseum Object ID:
42163
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Root-Beer Seller
Classification:
Date:
1840-44
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paper, once bound into an album
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 3/8 x 14 3/4 in. ( 26.4 x 37.5 cm )
mat: 13 5/8 x 18 in. ( 34.6 x 45.7 cm )
Description:
Genre
Credit Line:
Thomas Jefferson Bryan Fund
Object Number:
1980.36
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at the lower center in brown ink: "Root-beer Seller"; at lower right margin in graphite: "27"
Provenance:
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Leech, London
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1848
eMuseum Object ID:
42162
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
"My Mother"
Classification:
Medium:
Graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 7/8 x 4 7/8 in. ( 14.9 x 12.4 cm )
mat: 14 x 11 in. ( 35.6 x 27.9 cm )
Credit Line:
Purchase, James B. Wilbur Fund
Object Number:
1953.134a
Marks:
Inscribed: at bottom center: "My Mother"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at the lower left in graphite: "'My Mother'"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
42161
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Study for an Illustration in "Kerry Kangaroo"
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
c. 1957
Medium:
Black and blue crayon, gray wash, and graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 x 20 in. ( 30.5 x 50.8 cm )
Description:
Kangaroos lined up, related to 2000.881, study for "Kerry Kangaroo," pp. 26-27.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Oscar Fabres through the estate of Francine Salmon
Object Number:
2000.883
Inscriptions:
Inscribed along lower border in graphite: "P. 26 P. 27 / brown"
Gallery Label:
Oscar Fabres (1894-1959) was a Chilean artist and illustrator who lived in New York.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1957
eMuseum Object ID:
42154
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Study for an Illustration in "Kerry Kangaroo"
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
c. 1957
Medium:
Black and blue crayon, graphite, and gray wash on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 1/2 x 20 1/8 in. ( 31.8 x 51.1 cm )
Description:
Koala on kangaroo, study for "Kerry Kangaroo," pp. 2-3.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Oscar Fabres through the estate of Francine Salmon
Object Number:
2000.867
Inscriptions:
Inscribed along lower border in graphite: "P. 2 BROWN P. 3"
Gallery Label:
Oscar Fabres (1894-1959) was a Chilean artist and illustrator who lived in New York.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1957
eMuseum Object ID:
42153
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Study for Book Jacket of "Kerry Kangaroo"
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
c. 1957
Medium:
Black ink and blue crayon on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 1/4 x 20 in. ( 31.1 x 50.8 cm )
Description:
Graphite drawing of kangaroo with koala in pouch and koala riding kangaroo, studies for jacket design for "Kerry Kangaroo."
Credit Line:
Bequest of Oscar Fabres through the estate of Francine Salmon
Object Number:
2000.849
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower right of center in graphite: "JACKET --BROWN"
Gallery Label:
Oscar Fabres (1894-1959) was a Chilean artist and illustrator who lived in New York.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1957
eMuseum Object ID:
42152
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
George Washington (1732-1799): Silhouette
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1791-1813
Medium:
Black ink and white gouache with touches of brown ink on a beige card embossed with framing lines
Dimensions:
frame: 9 1/4 x 8 x 1 in. ( 23.5 x 20.3 x 2.5 cm )
image height: 3 3/4 in. ( 9.5 cm )
Description:
Bust of George Washington in right-facing profile; image in black ink on cream ground with hair, hair ribbon, and details of costume in gray; silhouette mounted under reverse-painted glass with serpentine wreath surrounding subject and stylized floral motifs in gold with black background; rectangular gilded frame.
Object Number:
1924.22
Marks:
signature: at base of profile: "S Folwell Pinxt"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left in brown ink: "S. Folwell. Pinx.t"
Gallery Label:
The Pennsylvania Historical Society owns a silhouette portrait of Washington, which is apparently Folwell's first silhouette of the subject taken from life in Philadelphia in 1791.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1813
eMuseum Object ID:
42148
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Senator George William Norris (1861-1944)
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
c. 1940
Medium:
Graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 24 1/2 x 20 in. ( 62.2 x 50.8 cm )
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Gift of Enit Kaufman
Object Number:
1947.152
Marks:
signature: lower right: "Enit Kaufman"
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower right in graphite: "Enit Kaufman"
Gallery Label:
Norris served for thirty years (1913-43) as a United States senator from Nebraska. As a member of the Senate, he was a leading force in the establishment of the Tennessee Valley Authority in 1933; Norris Dam, a part of that vast project, was named after him.
Provenance:
Enit Kaufman and Dorothy Canfield Fisher, American Portraits (New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1946)
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1940
eMuseum Object ID:
42141
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Portrait of James Lenox (1800-1880)
Classification:
Date:
1859
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black inks, and graphite with touches of gouache and heavy glazing on card
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 1/8 x 7 in. ( 23.2 x 17.8 cm )
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Gift of Waldron Phoenix Belknap, Jr.
Object Number:
1950.230
Inscriptions:
Verso inscribed in graphite at center: "Painted by J B Wandesforde / from a picture by Leslie / 1839 / R L Banks / Likeness of / James Lenox Esq"
Gallery Label:
James Lenox was the son of Robert and Rachel (Carmer) Lenox of New York. He was educated at Columbia College (A.B., 1818) and admitted to the bar in 1822. He was an avid bibliophile whose distinguished library was combined with the Astor and Tilden libraries in 1895 to form the New York Public Library.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1859
eMuseum Object ID:
42133
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Satire: Dr. Fino Cardiologist
Classification:
Date:
1958
Medium:
Black ink on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 1/2 x 10 in. ( 31.8 x 25.4 cm )
Description:
Cartoon: Six vignettes satirizing a woman's visit to a cardiologist's office in which the doctor falls in love. The final two vignettes are supplemented by additional sketches of faces and figures.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Oscar Fabres through the estate of Francine Salmon
Object Number:
2000.823
Marks:
black ink: upper right: "Wyeth - / juin/ 58"
black ink: upper left: "Dr. Fino/ Cardiologo"
black ink: vignettes numbered: "1-6"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at upper right in black ink: "Wyeth - / Juin / 58"; at upper left inside image: "DR. FINO / CARDIOLOGO"
Gallery Label:
Oscar Fabres (1894-1959) was a Chilean artist and illustrator who lived in New York.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1958
eMuseum Object ID:
42117
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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