Collection Highlights
Anna Pavlova (1881-1931)
Date:
1924
Object Number:
1952.45
Medium:
Patinated plaster on a wooden base
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Dr. Alvin Harvey Hansen (b. 1887)
Object Number:
1947.193
Date:
c. 1945
Medium:
Crayon and graphite on buff paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 19 1/2 x 15 1/2 in. ( 49.5 x 39.4 cm )
Marks:
signature: lower right: "Enit Kaufman"
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower right in black crayon: "Enit Kaufman"
Description:
Portrait
Gallery Label:
Hansen, a native of South Dakota, received his Ph.D. in economics in 1918 from the University of Wisconsin. In 1937 he was appointed Littauer Professor of Political Economy at Harvard, a position he held for many years. He became a specialist in New Deal policies and a presidential advisor.
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.
