Collection Highlights
Edwin Booth as Hamlet
Date:
1870-1879
Object Number:
PR.104.3
Medium:
Photograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Portrait of Jascha Heifetz (1901-1987)
Object Number:
1990.1.169
Date:
1933
Medium:
Graphite on notepad paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 1/8 x 5 5/16 in. ( 18.1 x 13.5 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions and date: lower right: "Yours in sympathy - / Jascha Heifetz / 1933 / Dec 12/33 / JACOBO HEIFITZ"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed along lower edge in graphite: "Dec 12/33 JACOBO HEIFETZ"; signed by sitter at lower right: "Yours in sympathy -- / Jascha Heifetz / 1933"
Description:
Portrait
Gallery Label:
Russian-born violinist Jascha Heifetz made his New York debut at Carnegie Hall on October 27, 1917.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Family of William Henry Walker
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
