Collection Highlights
Chatelaine
Date:
ca. 1761
Object Number:
1954.179a-d
Medium:
Silver gilt, gold, enamel, ivory, chalcedony, glass, paint
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Senator George William Norris (1861-1944)
Object Number:
1947.152
Date:
c. 1940
Medium:
Graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 24 1/2 x 20 in. ( 62.2 x 50.8 cm )
Marks:
signature: lower right: "Enit Kaufman"
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower right in graphite: "Enit Kaufman"
Description:
Portrait
Gallery Label:
Norris served for thirty years (1913-43) as a United States senator from Nebraska. As a member of the Senate, he was a leading force in the establishment of the Tennessee Valley Authority in 1933; Norris Dam, a part of that vast project, was named after him.
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.
