Collection Highlights
Grenadier cap
Date:
1740-1770
Object Number:
1890.3
Medium:
Wool, linen
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Portrait of Deems Taylor (1885-1966)
Object Number:
1990.1.115
Date:
1931
Medium:
Graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 7/8 x 5 1/2 in. ( 20 x 14 cm )
Marks:
signature: lower left: "WHWalker"
inscription and date: lower right: "Oh, Bill! Not Really? / Deems Taylor / Feb. 17, 1931 / Dutch Treat Club"
inscription: upper right: "DEEMS TAYLOR"
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower left in graphite: "WHWalker"; at lower right: "Dutch Treat club"; at upper right: "DEEMS TAYLOR."; signed by sitter in graphite at lower right: "Oh, Bill! Not Really? / Deems Taylor / Feb. 17, 1931"
Description:
Portrait
Gallery Label:
The subject, born Joseph Taylor, was a composer and music critic. From the 1920s to the 1940s he was the regular host of Metropolitan Opera and New York Philharmonic radio broadcasts.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Family of William Henry Walker
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
