Collection Highlights
Map of the Borough of Manhattan of the City of New York, showing relation between the distribution of foreign stock and negro population with the dissemination of communist and socialist propaganda during the summer of 1932
Date:
1932
Object Number:
LIB.NS11.M14.1.20
Medium:
black and color ink on paper, backed with cloth
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Crock
Object Number:
1937.802
Date:
1800-1815
Medium:
Stoneware, cobalt oxide
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 1/4 x 9 3/4 in. ( 31.1 x 24.8 cm )
Marks:
impressed: on neck: "C. CROLIUS/STONEWARE/MANUFACTURER/MANHATTAN-WELLS/NEW-YORK"
"1134" in graphite on bottom
Description:
Salt-glazed stoneware bulbous crock with two lug handles; impressed maker's mark below neck with scalloped border and three impressed ten-petal flowers highlighted in cobalt; incised flower filled with cobalt on back.
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.
Bibliography:
Denker, Ellen Paul. "Collector' legacies." The Magazine Antiques 167 (2005): 176-180.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Provenance:
The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
