Collection Highlights
President Lincoln at Home, Reading the scriptures to his son and wife
Date:
1865
Object Number:
PR.052.52
Medium:
Paper
SUPPORT THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Help us present groundbreaking exhibitions and develop educational programs about our nation's history for more than 200,000 schoolchildren annually.
Museum Collections
Drawings
Portrait of Gertrude Stein (1874-1946)
Object Number:
1990.1.185
Date:
1934
Medium:
Graphite on notepad paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 5/8 x 5 in. ( 19.4 x 12.7 cm )
Marks:
signature and inscription: lower left: "Wm HWalker / Dutch Treat Club"
inscription and date: lower right: "[Gertrude?] Stein / [November?] 19/34"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left in graphite: "Wm H Walker / Dutch Treat Luncheon"; signed by sitter at lower right: "Gertrude Stein / Novb 19/34"
Description:
Portrait
Gallery Label:
An avant-garde writer and poet, Stein was educated at Harvard Annex, later called Radcliffe College. A pioneer in literary modernism and supporter of modern art and artists, she was well-known for the "salons" or intellectual gatherings that took place at her home in Paris.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Family of William Henry Walker
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
