Production Layout for "Kerry Kangaroo"
Classification:
Date:
c. 1957
Medium:
Black ink and graphite on translucent plastic
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 3/4 x 19 7/8 in. ( 29.8 x 50.5 cm )
Description:
Hawk attacking kangaroo with a koala in its pouch, study for "Kerry Kangaroo," pp. 14-15.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Oscar Fabres through the estate of Francine Salmon
Object Number:
2000.872
Inscriptions:
Various annotations
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:
41877
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Thomas Wadsworth: Silhouette
Classification:
Date:
1793
Medium:
Gray wash and graphite on beige paper
Dimensions:
sheet: 12 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. ( 31.8 x 19 cm )
Description:
Silhouette: Life-size (?) right-facing profile of male subject; ink wash within outline in graphite on paper with handwritten description below.
Credit Line:
Gift of John K. Wright, 1945
Object Number:
Z.2420
Marks:
inscription: on front: "Mr Thomas Wadsworth Farmington / November 1793"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower center in brown ink: "Mr Thomas Wadsworth Farmington / November 1793"
Gallery Label:
This profile portrait is one of about two dozen found among the papers of Benjamin Tappan, great-grandfather of the donor.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1793
eMuseum Object ID:
41876
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Nancy Stoddard: Silhouette
Classification:
Date:
1793
Medium:
Gray wash and graphite on beige paper
Dimensions:
sheet: 12 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. ( 31.8 x 19 cm )
Description:
Silhouette: Life-size (?) right-facing profile of female subject; ink wash within outline in graphite on paper with handwritten description below.
Credit Line:
Gift of John K. Wright, 1945
Object Number:
Z.2418
Marks:
inscription: on front: "Miss Nancy Stoddard Northampton / July 1793"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower center in brown ink: "Miss Nancy Stoddard Northampton / July 1793"
Gallery Label:
This profile portrait is one of about two dozen found among the papers of Benjamin Tappan, great-grandfather of the donor.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1793
eMuseum Object ID:
41873
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
John Marin (1872-1953)
Classification:
Date:
c. 1940-1945
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, white tempera, and touches of charcoal on heavy watercolor paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 22 5/16 x 18 1/8 in. (56.7 x 46 cm)
Description:
Portraits done for the publication "American Portraits"(New York: Henry Holt, 1946), written with Dorothy Canfield Fisher.
Credit Line:
Gift of Enit Kaufman
Object Number:
1947.167
Marks:
Signed at lower right in black ink: "Enit Kaufman"
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower right in black ink: "Enit Kaufman"
Gallery Label:
Marin, a native of Rutherford, New Jersey, was a leader of the modernist movement in American painting in the early twentieth century. His first general recognition came in 1909 with the exhibition of his work at Alfred Stieglitz's Gallery 291 in New York. He was the subject of a large retrospective exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, in 1936.
Provenance:
Enit Kaufman and Dorothy Canfield Fisher, American Portraits (New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1946)
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1945
eMuseum Object ID:
41867
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Elizabeth Marbury (1856-1933)
Classification:
Date:
1932
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, and charcoal on board
Dimensions:
Overall: 18 3/16 x 19 1/16 in. ( 46.4 x 48.3 cm )
mat: 24 x 24 x 3 in. ( 61 x 61 x 7.6 cm )
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Gift of Douglas Anderson
Object Number:
1957.249
Marks:
signature and date: lower right: "Ranken 1932"
inscription: On verso-"Miss Elizabeth Marbury/ on her farm in Maine/ by/ Wm.Ranken 1932".
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed with monogram at lower right in brown watercolor: "WBER 1932"; verso inscribed at upper center: "Miss Elizabeth Marbury / on her farm in Maine / by / WBERanken. 1932."
Gallery Label:
The subject was born in New York, the daughter of Francis and Elisabeth (McCoun) Marbury. Her interests ranged from literary clubs to welfare work and from the theater to women's suffrage. She was the literary agent for a number of French authors and playwrights and for George Bernard Shaw, and the author of several books herself, among them an autobiography, "My Crystal Ball" (1923).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1932
eMuseum Object ID:
41863
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Ernest Joseph King (1878-1956)
Classification:
Date:
c. 1945
Medium:
Brown chalk and charcoal on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 23 3/4 x 19 1/8 in. ( 60.3 x 48.6 cm )
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Gift of Enit Kaufman
Object Number:
1947.175
Gallery Label:
A native of Lorain, Ohio, King was a career naval officer and chief of naval operations during most of World War II. He was present as a presidential advisor at the Teheran, Yalta, and Potsdam conferences, and was decorated by the United States and many foreign countries.
Provenance:
Enit Kaufman and Dorothy Canfield Fisher, American Portraits (New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1946)
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1945
eMuseum Object ID:
41860
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Portrait of Stephen Paine (1791-1830) in an Oval Format
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
c. 1825
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, and black ink card
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/2 x 2 3/4 in. ( 8.9 x 7 cm )
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Eleanor (Paine) Gardner
Object Number:
1941.364
Inscriptions:
Verso inscribed in graphite and brown ink several times with identity of sitter and his son
Gallery Label:
The subject was born in Brookfield, Vermont, the son of Noah and Polly (Corley) Paine. He died in Greenfield, New York, on April 10, 1830. Mountains in the background of this portrait such an upstate location. The portrait was a gift to the Society from the subject's granddaughter.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1825
eMuseum Object ID:
41844
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Stephen Paine (1791-1830)
Classification:
Date:
c. 1824
Medium:
Watercolor, black ink, graphite, and selective glazing on card
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 5/8 x 4 in. ( 11.7 x 10.2 cm )
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Gift of Eleanor (Paine) Gardner, the sitter's granddaughter
Object Number:
1941.363
Marks:
signature: on back: "Painted by Thos. Birch / No 25 north fourth St. Philada."
Inscriptions:
Verso inscribed and signed in graphite: "Painted by Thos Birch / No 25 north fourth St / Philaa"; below: "A.D. -- 1824 / Portrait of / Stephen Paine / Born Brookfield Vt / July 6th 1791 -- / Died at Greenfield, / Saratoga Co N.Y. -- / April 10th 1830 --"
Gallery Label:
The subject was born in Brookfield, Vermont, the son of Noah and Polly (Corley) Paine. He died in Greenfield, New York, on April 10, 1830. This portrait of him was a gift to the Society from his granddaughter.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1825
eMuseum Object ID:
41843
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Icabod Skinner: Silhouette
Classification:
Date:
1793
Medium:
Gray wash and graphite on beige paper
Dimensions:
sheet: 12 5/8 x 7 1/4 in. ( 32.1 x 18.4 cm )
Description:
Silhouette: Life-size (?) right-facing profile of male subject; ink wash within outline in graphite on paper with handwritten description below.
Credit Line:
Gift of John K. Wright, 1945
Object Number:
Z.2417
Marks:
inscription: on front: "Mr Icabod Skinner New Haven / 1793 Itinerant Priest"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower center in brown ink: "Mr Icabod Skinner New Haven / 1793 Itinerant Priest"
Gallery Label:
This profile portrait is one of about two dozen found among the papers of Benjamin Tappan, great-grandfather of the donor.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1793
eMuseum Object ID:
41841
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
John Seymour, Jr.: Silhouette
Classification:
Date:
1794
Medium:
Gray wash and graphite on beige paper
Description:
Silhouette: Life-size (?) right-facing profile of male subject; ink wash within outline in graphite on paper with handwritten description below.
Credit Line:
Gift of John K. Wright, 1945
Object Number:
Z.2416
Marks:
inscription: on front: "Mr John Seymour Jun'r Pittsfield / January 1794"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower center in brown ink: "Mr John Seymour junr Pittsfield / January 1794"
Gallery Label:
This profile portrait is one of about two dozen found among the papers of Benjamin Tappan, great-grandfather of the donor.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1794
eMuseum Object ID:
41840
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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