Collection Highlights
Fuller (Flat Iron) Building, New York
Date:
1903
Object Number:
PR.020.61.1
Medium:
Photograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Box
Object Number:
1937.1451ab
Date:
1851
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 x 4 x 4 in. ( 10.2 x 10.2 x 10.2 cm )
Marks:
incised: script under lid: "Nov 12 / 1851"
written: on adhesive collector's label attached to bottom of box: "236 / Amer"
Description:
Unglazed slab-built redware box with four-sided lid with geometric finial; each side with pricked borders; five-pointed star on two sides alternating with heart on the other sides; lid fits entirely in box.
Gallery Label:
This object was once part of the folk art collection of Elie Nadelman (1882-1946), the avant-garde sculptor. From 1924 to 1934, Nadelman's collection was displayed in his Museum of Folk Arts, located in the Riverdale section of the Bronx. The Historical Society purchased Nadelman's entire collection in 1937.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Provenance:
Claude W. Unger, PA, 1926; The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
