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
Decanter with stopper
Object Number:
1937.954ab
Date:
1820-1845
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 1/2 x 5 in. ( 26.7 x 12.7 cm )
Description:
Colorless lead glass decanter blown in a three-part mold (McKearin GI-27); tapered neck with three molded rings and a flanged rim, rounded shoulders with wide vertical ribs swirled to right, and cylindrical body with three rings at waist and vertical ribbing at base with flat base with pontil mark; spherical hollow ribbed stopper blown in a three-part mold (McKearin 28).
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:
The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
