Collection Highlights
Proposed Coat of Arms for New Amsterdam, New Netherland: Preparatory Drawing for a Presentation to the Dutch West India Company
Date:
ca. 1630
Object Number:
1885.5
Medium:
Black ink and wash, watercolor, red and black chalk, and red gouache, with contours incised by a stylus on laid on paper, mounted on card
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Census Official, from the Series "59th Street Drawings"
Object Number:
1976.13.74
Date:
1945
Medium:
Watercolor, black ink, and gouache over graphite on paper, laid on heavy paper, mounted on album page
Dimensions:
Overall: 14 x 10 3/4 in. ( 35.6 x 27.3 cm )
portfolio: 16 x 13 1/4 x 2 in. ( 40.6 x 33.7 x 5.1 cm )
Marks:
signature: lower left: "Lionel S Reiss"
inscription and date: lower right: "Census Official - 1945"
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower left in blue ink: "Lionel S. Reiss"; mount inscribed at lower right in blue ink: "Census Official -- 1945"
Description:
Genre
Credit Line:
Foster-Jarvis Fund, and contribution of Harry Goldberg
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
