Collection Highlights
Dish: footed compote with cover
Date:
1825-1845
Object Number:
1936.693ab
Medium:
Glass
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Rumpelmayer's No. 1, from the Series "59th Street Drawings"
Object Number:
1976.13.26
Date:
c. 1945-46
Medium:
Brown ink and wash on paper, mounted on album page
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 1/4 x 12 1/8 in. ( 23.5 x 30.8 cm )
portfolio: 16 x 13 1/4 x 2 in. ( 40.6 x 33.7 x 5.1 cm )
Marks:
signature: lower left: "Lionel S. Reiss"
inscription: lower right: "Rumplemyers #1"
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower left in black ink: "Lionel S. Reiss"; inscribed at lower right in blue ink: "Rumplemyer's # 1"
Description:
Genre
Gallery Label:
Rumpelmayer's restaurant and tearoom was located at 56 West 59th Street.
Credit Line:
Foster-Jarvis Fund, and contribution of Harry Goldberg
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
