Collection Highlights
Dressing table
Date:
1795-1810
Object Number:
INV.14982
Medium:
Probably New York mahogany, white pine, yellow poplar, other inlays
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Three Studies of Fruit-Bearing Plants
Object Number:
1953.270
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, and brown ink on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 1/4 x 13 in. ( 18.4 x 33 cm )
Marks:
inscription: "indian cherry, genessee"
inscription: "Pigen berry, genessee"
inscription: "thorn apples, genessee"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed below each plant from left in brown ink: "indian-cherry / genessee"; "Pigen Berry. / genessee"; "thorn apples / genessee"
Description:
Plant Studies: Three small depictions of the ends of tree branches showing leaves and fruit including berries.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Provenance:
De Neuville family, France; E. De Vries, Paris, 1928; Columbia University Press Book Store, NYC, 1929; Old Print Shop, NYC, 1953
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
