Knitting, Weaving, and the Jacquard Loom: Mural Design for Textile High School, New York City, and Two Studies
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Classification:
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Date:
1930s
Medium:
Watercolor and black ink with scratching out on ivory paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 3/4 x 12 3/4 in. (24.8 x 32.4 cm), irregular and torn
Description:
Mural design for Textile High School, formerly known as Straubenmuller Textile High School, currently called Bayard Rustin High School for the Humanities, 351 West 18th Street
Credit Line:
Gift of Carole Pesner and Katherine Degn
Object Number:
2006.18.5
Inscriptions:
Various artist annotations around images
Date Begin:
1930
Date End:
1939
eMuseum Object ID:
60064
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Allegory of the Industrial Sciences: Study for the Main Panel of an Unexecuted Mural for Far Rockaway High School Library, New York
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Classification:
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Date:
1938
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, graphite, black and purple ink on beige paper, laid on board
Dimensions:
Overall: 13 7/16 x 19 1/8 in. (34.1 x 48.6 cm)
Description:
Never executed at Far Rockaway High School, but the Design was exhibited at the New York 1939 World's Fair.
Credit Line:
Gift of Carole Pesner and Katherine Degn
Object Number:
2006.18.4
Date Begin:
1938
Date End:
1938
eMuseum Object ID:
60063
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sailing Scene: Study for a Mural at Greenpoint Hospital, Brooklyn; verso: abstract sketches
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Classification:
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Date:
1930s
Medium:
Watercolor and black ink on card with printed verso inscribed: (The Paris and New York Artists Association) containing several abstract sketches
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 x 10 5/8 in. (27.9 x 27 cm)
Description:
Study for mural for the infants' and childrens' ward, Greenpoint Hospital, Brooklyn
Credit Line:
Gift of Carole Pesner and Katherine Degn
Object Number:
2006.18.3
Inscriptions:
Inscribed and signed at lower right: Greenpoint Hospital Penney; along upper right edge: early sketch for pan[?]
Date Begin:
1930
Date End:
1939
eMuseum Object ID:
60062
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Construction Scene: Study for a Mural at P.S. 41, New York City
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Classification:
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Date:
1938
Medium:
Watercolor, black ink, graphite, and gouache on paper, over-matted
Dimensions:
Image: 9 x 17 1/4 in. (22.9 x 43.8 cm)
Description:
Study for a Federal Art Project mural for the hallway at P.S. 41, New York City, at 116 West 11th Street, New York City; building and mural destroyed by fire and replaced by a building constructed in 1955.
Credit Line:
Gift of Carole Pesner and Katherine Degn
Object Number:
2006.18.2
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at middle right, below upper image: Preliminary Sketch; at middle right: Mural-1938 / 'Construction' / by / James Penney / Federal Art Project / [Hallway P.S. 41, N.Y.C.]; at lower center: Photo of Completed Work
Date Begin:
1938
Date End:
1938
eMuseum Object ID:
60061
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Design for a Mural of Mechanical and Industrial Subjects at the American Artist School
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Classification:
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Date:
1936-1937
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, graphite, and chalk on beige paper, laid on heavy paper
Dimensions:
0verall: 11 1/4 x 20 3/4 in. (28.6 x 52.7 cm), irregular
Description:
Study of Mechanical, Factory, and Industrial Subjects for a Federal Art Project Mural Design executed at the American Artist School.
Credit Line:
Gift of Carole Pesner and Katherine Degn
Object Number:
2006.18.1
Inscriptions:
Verso of heavy paper inscribed at lower left in graphite: #4 Mural Design executed at American Artist School
Date Begin:
1936
Date End:
1937
eMuseum Object ID:
60052
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sketch from a bound album
Classification:
Date:
1877-98
Medium:
Predominantly graphite sketches, a few in pastel, watercolor, charcoal and/or ink
Description:
Sketch from a bound album with 155 tipped in sketches by Beckwith.
Credit Line:
Gift of the National Academy of Design
Object Number:
1935.85.3.1-155
Inscriptions:
Various, including those involving electricity and the telephone
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
59931
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Drawing from a bound album
Classification:
Date:
1874-80
Medium:
Predominantly graphite sketches, a few in pastel, watercolor, charcoal and/or ink
Description:
Bound album of 308 tipped in works by Beckwith.
Credit Line:
Gift of the National Academy of Design
Object Number:
1935.85.2.1-308
Inscriptions:
Various, including two labeled portraits of John Singer Sargent, as well as studies noted as after Old Masters and Delacroix, Carous-Duran, Bonnington, Japanese prints, etc.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
59930
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Drawing from a bound album
Classification:
Medium:
Predominantly graphite sketches, a few in pastel, watercolor, charcoal and/or ink
Description:
Drawings from a bound album with 180 drawings (179 tipped in, one on verso of album page) by Beckwith and Sargent.
Verso: Study of a foot and nude laying on side.
Credit Line:
Gift of the National Academy of Design
Object Number:
1935.85.1.1-180
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
59929
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Folio of mural studies and magazine cover designs
Classification:
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Date:
1930s-1940s
Medium:
Various
Dimensions:
Various
Description:
Portfolio used by James Penney, originally received containing the works accessioned under the numbers 2006.18.1 through 2006.18.13.
Credit Line:
Gift of Carole Pesner and Katherine Degn
Object Number:
2006.18.1-13
Date Begin:
1930
Date End:
1949
eMuseum Object ID:
59860
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Valley and Mountains, New Hampshire
Classification:
Date:
1855
Medium:
Graphite and white gouache on prepared beige paper
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Nora Durand Woodman
Object Number:
1918.132
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower right in graphite: "Augt. 26th. 1855"
Provenance:
Descent through the artist's family
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
59565
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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