Collection Highlights
Portrait of two girls
Date:
Object Number:
PR.012.1.326.Box12
Medium:
Ambrotype
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Design for a Schoolhouse
Object Number:
1939.606
Medium:
Brown ink and wash on paper laid on paper mounted on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 14 x 11 7/8 in. ( 35.6 x 30.2 cm )
mat: 22 x 16 in. ( 55.9 x 40.6 cm )
Marks:
inscription: lower left, pencil: "Mount/Stoney brook, L.I./from the family"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower center in brown ink: "Entrance South"; at lower left in graphite (erased): "Mount / Stoneybrook L.I. / from the family"
Description:
Architecture
Gallery Label:
This shows the front and rear exterior elevations of what is presumed to be a schoolhouse.
Provenance:
Purchased from Parke-Bernet Galleries; the Mount Family
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
