Collection Highlights
Indenture of Peter van Dyck and Cornelia, his Wife, Documenting the Administration of Margrieta van Varick's Estate
Date:
September 4, 1719
Object Number:
MSS.VanCortlandtPapers.vanDyck
Medium:
Pen and ink on paper, wax
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Museum Collections
Window Cleaner, from the Series "59th Street Drawings"
Object Number:
1976.13.65
Date:
c. 1945-46
Medium:
Brown ink and wash and crayon over graphite on paper, mounted on album page
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 5/8 x 8 1/16 in. ( 27 x 20.5 cm )
portfolio: 16 x 13 1/4 x 2 in. ( 40.6 x 33.7 x 5.1 cm )
Marks:
signature: lower left: "Lionel S. Reiss"
inscription: lower right: "Window Cleaner"
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower left in black ink: "Lionel S. Reiss"; inscribed at lower right in brown ink: "Window Cleaner"
Description:
Genre
Credit Line:
Foster-Jarvis Fund, and contribution of Harry Goldberg
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
