Collection Highlights
Slave shackles
Date:
ca. 1866
Object Number:
1921.20
Medium:
Steel
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Going Home (Near Bloomingdale's at the 59th Street Elevated Station), New York City
Object Number:
1976.11
Date:
c. 1946
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, black ink, and graphite on watercolor paper, laid on board
Dimensions:
Overall: 19 x 25 5/8 in. (48.3 x 65.1 cm)
mat: 23 3/8 x 29 1/2 in. ( 59.4 x 74.9 cm )
Marks:
Signed at lower left in black ink: "Lionel S. Reiss"
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower left in black ink: "Lionel S. Reiss"
Gallery Label:
Tired workers from Bloomingdale's climb to the Third Avenue elevated station at 59th Street.
Credit Line:
Foster-Jarvis Fund, and contribution of Harry Goldberg
Provenance:
Purchased from the artist
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
