Collection Highlights
Wooden leg of Gouverneur Morris
Date:
ca. 1780
Object Number:
1954.148
Medium:
Oak, leather, metal
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Museum Collections
View in Van Cortlandt Park, Bronx, New York
Object Number:
1982.103
Date:
c. 1916
Medium:
Black crayon on buff paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 3/4 x 5 15/16 in. (12.1 x 15.1 cm)
mat: 11 x 14 in. ( 27.9 x 35.6 cm )
Marks:
Signed and inscribed at lower left in black ink: "OFB[monogram]"; below: "Van Cortland Park S. 15-16 N.SW."; verso inscribed along upper border in graphite, red and orange crayon, and black ink: "Van Cortland Park for 'Oaks Pond' Bluffs / # 3 / clear / c
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left in black ink: "OFB[monogram]"; below: "Van Cortland Park S. 15-16 N.SW."; verso inscribed along upper border in graphite, red and orange crayon, and black ink: "Van Cortland Park for 'Oaks Pond' Bluffs / # 3 / clear / clouds put blue shadows over / distant woods-hill / green foliage more yellowish in fore / ' ' ' bluish ' dist / ' ' ' ' in haze / ' ' ' ' ' shado / dK shadows total + pure local color {Böklin) V5 / lt hazes ' + ' small ' ' (Turner)"
Description:
Cityscape
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Feld
Provenance:
Robert Bluemner, 1968; Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Feld, New York City
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
