Gerard Swope (1872-1957)
Classification:
Date:
1943
Medium:
Graphite and crayon on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 20 3/8 x 15 3/8 in. ( 51.8 x 39.1 cm )
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Gift of Enit Kaufman
Object Number:
1947.166
Marks:
signature and date: lower right: "Enit Kaufman / March 1943"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed and signed at lower right in graphite: "Enit Kaufman / March 1943"
Gallery Label:
Swope, a native of St. Louis, Missouri, and a graduate of M.I.T., was by 1922 the president of General Electric, a position he held for eighteen years. He later became chairman of the New York City Housing Authority and an advocate of low-rent public housing. He also headed the Westchester County Parks Commission, the Eighth American Red Cross Roll Call, and the Business Advisory and Planning Council of the Department of Commerce.
Provenance:
Enit Kaufman and Dorothy Canfield Fisher, American Portraits (New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1946)
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1943
eMuseum Object ID:
16638
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Thomas William Lamont (1870-1948)
Classification:
Date:
c. 1944
Medium:
Crayon, graphite, and white tempera on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 19 1/2 x 13 5/8 in. ( 49.5 x 34.6 cm )
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Gift of Enit Kaufman
Object Number:
1947.162
Marks:
signature: lower right: "Enit Kaufman"
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower right graphiite: "Enit Kaufman"
Gallery Label:
Lamont joined the firm of J. P. Morgan and Company in 1911 and became chairman of the board in 1943. He was the director of several corporations, including United States Steel and Guaranty Trust Company. He served as an overseer of Harvard, his alma mater, from 1912 to 1925 and was a trustee of Phillips Exeter Academy. He was frequently called upon by the government for his expert advice on world economic and monetary matters.
Provenance:
Enit Kaufman and Dorothy Canfield Fisher, American Portraits (New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1946)
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1944
eMuseum Object ID:
16637
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bernard Mannes Baruch (1870-1965)
Classification:
Date:
c. 1940-45
Medium:
Graphite on heavy paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 20 1/4 x 16 1/4 in. ( 51.4 x 41.3 cm )
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Gift of Enit Kaufman
Object Number:
1947.161
Marks:
inscriptions: Signature in graphite lower left.
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower left in graphite: "Enit Kaufman"
Provenance:
Enit Kaufman and Dorothy Canfield Fisher, American Portraits (New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1946)
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
16636
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Thomas Hunt Morgan (1866-1945)
Classification:
Date:
c. 1940
Medium:
Watercolor and gouache on heavy watercolor paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 23 x 20 in. ( 58.4 x 50.8 cm )
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Gift of Enit Kaufman
Object Number:
1947.156
Marks:
signature: lower right: "Enit Kaufman"
Inscriptions:
Signed at the lower right in black ink: "Enit Kaufman"
Gallery Label:
A zoologist, Morgan was the winner of the Nobel Prize for Physiology and Medicine in 1933 for his research on heredity.
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:
16635
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Dr. Samuel Williston (1861-1963)
Classification:
Date:
c. 1940-45
Medium:
Graphite and black crayon on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 18 x 13 1/2 in. ( 45.7 x 34.3 cm )
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Gift of Enit Kaufman
Object Number:
1947.153
Marks:
signature: lower left: "Enit Kaufman"
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower left in graphite: "Enit Kaufman"
Gallery Label:
Following his graduation from Harvard Law School (1888) the subject worked in various law offices for ten years before joining the faculty of his alma mater. For the next forty-eight years he was associated with the Harvard Law School, becoming one of the foremost legal scholars in the nation.
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:
16634
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Powder Horn: Ezra Dodge (FW-40), Two Sides Depicted, with a Vignette View of Sabbathday Point on Lake George, New York
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1891
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, graphite, and copper and silver metallic pigment with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 3/8 x 13 1/4 in. ( 28.9 x 33.7 cm )
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Object Number:
1907.36.39
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed bottom right: Rufus A. Grider
Inscriptions:
Inscribed and signed following a long inscription at upper right titled in black ink: "View of SABBATHDAY POINT LAKE GEORGE...It was sketched July / 11th 1887 by / Rufus A Grider / of Canajoharie / N.Y."; at lower right: "The EZRA DODGE.", followed by a brief history of the horn and: "Rufus A Grider"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1891
eMuseum Object ID:
16632
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Powder Horn: Edward Darby (FW-39), with Carving Unfurled; verso: Sketch of a Powder Horn
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1891
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, graphite, and copper metallic pigment with selective glazing on beige paper; graphite
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 1/8 x 14 1/8 in. ( 25.7 x 35.9 cm )
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Object Number:
1907.36.38
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed bottom left: Rufus A. Grider
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left below powder horn in brown ink: "Rufus A Grider 1891."; inscribed and signed at upper right: "The EDWARD DARBY.", followed by a brief history of the horn and: "RA Grider"; at lower right in brown and black ink: "This HORN is owned by / Edwd. Darby of Worcester Mass. / a descendant of the first owner. / was drawn for me by / Miss MABEL E. DICKINSON of / Worcester Mass. in 1891."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1891
eMuseum Object ID:
16631
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Two Powder Horns: Michael B.Goldthwait and Robert Thompson, Jr. (FW-37, 38), with a Vignette of Two Native Americans in Battle
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1891
Medium:
Watercolor, brown and black ink and wash, graphite, gouache, and blue and copper metallic pigment with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 15/16 x 14 1/8 in. ( 27.8 x 35.9 cm )
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Object Number:
1907.36.37
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed upper right, center left and lower left: RA Grider July 1891.
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left below powder horn in brown ink: "RA Grider. July. 1891."; inscribed and signed at upper center in black ink: "No. 37 The GOLDTHWAIT.", followed by a lengthy history of the horn and: "Rufus a. Grider / 1891"; inscribed and signed at middle left: "No. 38. The / ROBERT THOMPSON Jr.", followed by a brief history of the horn and: "Portland, Me / 1891. RA Grider 1891"; inscribed and signed at lower right: "MASSACREA[sic] on Mahoning / Creek...RA Grider."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1891
eMuseum Object ID:
16630
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Powder Horn: In Honor of General Lafayette (FW-36) with Vignettes of a Portrait of the Marquis De Lafayette, His Tomb, a Tavern in Worcester, Massachusetts, and a View of Yorktown, Virginia
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1891
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, brown and black ink and wash, and gouache, and green and gold metallic pigment with selective glazing on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 7/8 x 14 5/8 in. ( 30.2 x 37.1 cm )
Description:
Military
Credit Line:
Gift of Isaac J. Greenwood
Object Number:
1907.36.36
Marks:
inscriptions: Signed bottom left: Rufus A. Grider Canajohane N.Y.1891
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left below powder horn in brown ink: "Rufus A Grider. Canajoharie N.Y.1891."; inscribed at upper right under oval portrait: "Marquis DE LAFAYETTE"; each vignette followed by a lengthy history regarding Lafayette
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1891
eMuseum Object ID:
16629
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Before Yorktown, 1781
Classification:
Medium:
Graphite on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 x 11 in. ( 20.3 x 27.9 cm )
Description:
History
Credit Line:
Gift of the Estate of Harry A. Ogden
Object Number:
1936.863
Marks:
inscriptions: Top right: Before Yorktown
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at upper right in graphite: "Before Yorktown"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
16628
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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