Collection Highlights
Mrs. Charles Walsh (nee Blood) dressed for the Vanderbilt costume ball, March 26, 1883
Date:
March 26, 1883
Object Number:
PR.223.3.35.1
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Luce Center
Coaching on Fifth Avenue, New York City
Object Number:
1945.526
Date:
1900
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, and black ink over graphite on heavy watercolor paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 13 1/8 x 21 5/8 in. ( 33.3 x 54.9 cm )
mat: 22 x 28 in. ( 55.9 x 71.1 cm )
Marks:
signature and date: lower right: "Max F. Klepper / 1900"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right in black ink: "Max F. Klepper. 1900."
Gallery Label:
Coaching parties to the racetrack and to the country were favorite pastimes with New York society at the turn of the twentieth century. The coach "Good Times," driven by Aurel Batunyi, is shown leaving the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel on Fifth Avenue at 34th Street. Its route was north on Fifth Avenue, through Harlem, and along the Viaduct.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Estate of Alfred B. Maclay
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
