Collection Highlights
Fort Hamilton Polka Redowa
Date:
1852
Object Number:
PR.020.1.1
Medium:
Color Lithograph.
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Ernest Clifford Peixotto (1869-1940)
Object Number:
1951.451
Date:
1941
Medium:
Painted plaster
Dimensions:
Overall: 23 3/4 x 14 1/2 x 11 1/2 in. ( 60.3 x 36.8 x 29.2 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: proper left side of shoulder: "ERNEST PEISOTTO/1941 MALVINA HOFFMAN"
inscribed: proper left side of uniform collar: "USR"
Description:
Portrait bust
Gallery Label:
The subject, a noted muralist and illustrator, was born in San Francisco, Calif., and studied art in Paris. In 1897 he established his studio in New York, where he commenced illustrating popular magazines and books, including Theodore Roosevelt's "Life of Oliver Cromwell." A bronze version of this bust is in the collection of the Institute of Arts & Letters, in New York City.
Credit Line:
Gift of the artist
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
