Collection Highlights
Punch bowl: Landing of Lafayette
Date:
1840-1850
Object Number:
1910.24
Medium:
Earthenware
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Study for "Victory Garden, Bronx, New York"
Object Number:
2001.28
Date:
1946-47
Medium:
Graphite, gouache, and black ink on Army Air Forces stationery with logo
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 x 8 /12 inches
Marks:
Inscribed and dated at lower rig: original sketch for "Monument" / ptg. 1947.
Description:
The first preparatory study for the painting of the same title depicting a neighborhood victory garden, located next to a World War I monument in a small triangular park at the intersection of Ogden and University Avenues, next to the IRT #4 line in the Bronx.
Gallery Label:
The sheet is a preparatory study for the painting of the same title in the New-York Historical Society Collection.
Credit Line:
Gift of Betty Spitz
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
