Collection Highlights
William Pitt, the Elder, First Earl of Chatham (1708-1778)
Date:
ca. 1770
Object Number:
1864.5
Medium:
Marble
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Eastside Under the Snow
Object Number:
2001.302
Date:
1935
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
canvas: 27 x 29 in. ( 68.6 x 73.7 cm )
Description:
Hell Gate Bridge and a tall red smoke stack in the distance; East River before the Triboro. The 3rd Ave. El appears along the first street in the foreground.
Gallery Label:
The painting provides a view of how the Hell Gate Bridge looked when it "stood on its own" without the Triboro as background to it.
Credit Line:
Gift of Nina Garsoïan
Provenance:
The donor is the daughter of the artist; so far as she knows the work was never exhibited.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
