Collection Highlights
Astor House
Date:
ca.1853-1859
Object Number:
PR.020.65.1
Medium:
Wood Engraving
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Museum Collections
Roy (Leroy) Ellsworth Harris (1898-1979)
Object Number:
1947.210
Date:
c. 1940-45
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, and white tempera on heavy watercolor paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 18 x 14 1/4 in. ( 45.7 x 36.2 cm )
Marks:
inscription: lower right: "Enit Kaufman"
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower right in graphite: "Enit Kaufman"
Description:
Portrait
Gallery Label:
A native of Oklahoma, Harris attended the University of California where he first became seriously interested in music. He went on to become a composer and teacher. His scores were often derived from American folksongs or Protestant hymns; among his best known works are his "Third Symphony" (1938) and "Folk Song Symphony." He taught at Cornell and Indiana universities and at the Julliard School of Music.
Credit Line:
Gift of Enit Kaufman
Provenance:
Enit Kaufman and Dorothy Canfield Fisher, American Portraits (New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1946)
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
