Collection Highlights
The Course of Empire: Desolation
Date:
1836
Object Number:
1858.5
Medium:
Oil on canvas (relined)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Thomas John Watson (1874-1956)
Object Number:
1951.454
Date:
1946
Medium:
Red-brown painted plaster
Dimensions:
Overall: 24 x 28 1/2 x 13 in. ( 61 x 72.4 x 33 cm )
Marks:
signed: under proper left shoulder: "HOFFMAN/1946"
Description:
Portrait bust
Gallery Label:
The subject was born in Campbell, New York, the son of Thomas and Jane (White) Watson. He started his career as a salesman for the National Cash Register Company, and by 1908 had risen to the main office as general sales manager. Six years later he became president of the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company. In 1924 this company became the International Business Machines Corporation (IBM).
Credit Line:
Gift of the artist
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
