Collection Highlights
Batter pitcher
Date:
1798
Object Number:
1937.587
Medium:
Stoneware, cobalt oxide
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
NYCITYOPERA/WHERE OPERA/COMES ALIVE
Object Number:
2008.9.4
Date:
ca. 1985
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
Overall (pin): 2 3/4 x 1 3/4 x 2 1/4 in. (7 x 4.4 x 5.7 cm)
Description:
"NYCITYOPERA/WHERE OPERA/COMES ALIVE/Beverly Sills, General Director John S. White, Managing Director." White on red.
Gallery Label:
Beverly Sills (1929-2007) was General Director of the Opera Company from 1979-89. John Simon White (1910-2001) was involved with the Opera Company from 1946 until his death, and became managing director in the 1950's.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
