Collection Highlights
Mrs. Pierre Toussaint (ca. 1786-1851)
Date:
ca. 1825
Object Number:
1920.5
Medium:
Watercolor on ivory
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Handkerchief
Object Number:
Z.1110
Date:
1930-1950
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
overall: 11 1/2 x 12 in.
Marks:
printed: lower right corner: "H. S. H."
Description:
Cotton printed handkerchief with a central image of the sun in green, red, and white inside a yellow and white square; at four corners images of flowers in green, blue, and white on red ground; blue and white border.
Gallery Label:
Helen Sargent Hitchcock, who had studied painting at the Art Students League, founded the Art Workers Club for Women in 1898 and the Art Alliance of America in 1914. Out of these grew the Art Center, which she founded in 1920. The Art Center joined seven afilliate organizations under a single building on East 56th Street in New York City, including the Art Alliance, the Society of Illustrators, the American Institute of Graphic Art, and the Art Directors Club.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Ripley Hitchcock
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
