Collection Highlights
The N. O. massacre
Date:
1866
Object Number:
LIB.SY.1866.43
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Streets of New York Paved in Gold: Study for "The Demons' Mistake: a Story from Chelm" by Francine Prose
Object Number:
2001.148
Date:
2000
Medium:
Acrylic, gouache, colored pencil, and metallic pigment on heavy watercolor paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 1/8 x 17 in. ( 23.2 x 43.2 cm )
Marks:
Signed: Lower left in purple pencil: "mark podwal"
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower left outside the image in purple colored pencil: "mark podwal"
Description:
Book Illustration: Skyline of New York, including the Empire State Building and Chrysler Building, three with American flags flying from their tops, a gold road filled with cars in the foreground.
Gallery Label:
Study for a two-page illustration in "The Demon's Mistake: A Story from Chelm" by Francine Prose, New York, Greenwillow Books, 2000, unpaginated.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mark Podwal
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
