Collection Highlights
Cake board
Date:
1825-1835
Object Number:
1937.1562
Medium:
Wood (possibly mahogany)
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Museum Collections
Drawings
Donald Marr Nelson (1888-1959)
Object Number:
1947.220
Date:
c. 1940-45
Medium:
Watercolor, white tempera, and charcoal on watercolor paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 23 1/4 x 18 3/4 in. ( 59.1 x 47.6 cm )
Marks:
signature: lower right: "Enit Kaufman"
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower right in black ink: "Enit Kaufman"
Description:
Portrait
Gallery Label:
Nelson was a corporate executive who came to public attention as chairman of the War Production Board during World War II, in which capacity he had authority over all defense buying.
Credit Line:
Gift of Enit Kaufman
Provenance:
Enit Kaufman and Dorothy Canfield Fisher, American Portraits (New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1946)
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
