Collection Highlights
Wedding dress
Date:
ca. 1712 with several alterations into the 20th century
Object Number:
1949.115a
Medium:
Silk brocade, needlepoint lace; silk chiffon
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Leroy Elwood Kimball (1888-1962)
Object Number:
1959.48
Date:
1959
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 55 1/2 x 36 in. ( 141 x 91.4 cm )
Marks:
signature and date: lower right: "John Johansen / 59"
Gallery Label:
A native of Flint, Michigan, Kimball was awarded an M.A. degree from New York University in 1917, and in 1925 became comptroller of the university, a position he held for twenty years. He was appointed vice-chancellor and comptroller in 1945 and two years later became secretary-treasurer of the board of trustees of the N.Y.U.-Bellevue Medical Center. Kimball was a member of N-YHS, and served as a vice-president and trustee.
Credit Line:
Purchase
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