Collection Highlights
Chaise (side chair)
Date:
1779
Object Number:
1817.13
Medium:
Beech, gilding; silk upholstery
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Museum Collections
Drawings
World Trade Center Construction Site: Rock Finisher at 68 Feet Deep
Object Number:
2012.26.30
Date:
1969
Medium:
Black porous-tip pen on dark ivory paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 18 x 23 5/8 in. (45.7 x 60 cm)
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower leftt in black porous-tip pen: "HARD ROCK DRILLER / 4 TON BIT"; at lower center: "ROCK FINISHER 68' DEEP / LEVEL TOP OF ROCK"; at lower right of center: "CLAM SHELL DIGGER"; at lower right in graphite: "7/31/69"; verso: blind stamp in gray ink at lower left: "The Estate of RICHARD WELLING"
Credit Line:
Gift of the Richard Welling Family
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
