Collection Highlights
New York City Hall, front elevation
Date:
1802
Object Number:
PR.040.1
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Adolph S. Ochs (1858-1935)
Object Number:
1954.28
Date:
1936
Medium:
Plaster painted to simulate bronze with newspaper and horsehair
Dimensions:
Overall: 24 x 16 3/4 x 11 in. ( 61 x 42.5 x 27.9 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: signed under proper left arm: "MALVINA HOFFMAN"
Description:
Portrait bust
Gallery Label:
Born in Cincinnati and raised in Knoxville, Tennessee, Ochs became owner and publisher of the Chattanooga "Times" at the age of twenty. In 1896 he acquired controlling interest in the "New York Times" and was its publisher from that date until his death.
Credit Line:
Gift of the artist
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
