Collection Highlights
Pictorial map of New York and vicinity, showing the suburban towns, and railroad and water communications
Date:
1871
Object Number:
LIB.NS4.M32.3.10.1
Medium:
Black ink on paper, backed with cloth
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Katharine Cornell (1898-1974)
Object Number:
1947.211
Date:
c. 1940-45
Medium:
Watercolor, charcoal, graphite, and black ink on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 25 1/2 x 20 1/4 in. ( 64.8 x 51.4 cm )
Marks:
signature: lower right: "Enit Kaufman"
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower right in graphite: "Enit Kaufman"
Description:
Portrait
Gallery Label:
Born in Berlin of American parents, Katharine Cornell gained fame as one of the foremost actresses of her day. This portrait is part of a series of portraits by Kaufman of America's leaders in the sciences, government, the arts, business, and education.
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.
