Collection Highlights
Kast
Date:
1675-1690
Object Number:
1941.914
Medium:
Walnut, walnut veneer, elm, oak, ebony
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Clio: Preparatory Sketch for a Watercolor
Object Number:
1935.85.1.29
Date:
4 November 1878
Medium:
Graphite on ivory paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 3/4 x 4 11/16 in. (9.5 x 11.9 cm)
Inscriptions:
Inscribed in graphite at upper center: "CLIO"; at lower left: "NY / 4 Nov '78"; at lower right: "Carroll Beckwith"; below on album page: "Sketch of Water Color / purchased by Mr. Harper(?) / first water color exhibit"
Description:
See Beckwith Scrapbook in NYHS library, Volume 1, page 26.
Drawing from a bound album with 180 drawings (179 tipped in, one on verso of albumn page) by Beckwith and Sargent.
Credit Line:
Gift of the National Academy of Design
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
