Collection Highlights
Four Portraits of North American Indians; verso: sketch of brave riding a horse and shooting a bow and arrow
1859
1941.1209
Oil on gray marbleized prepared heavy textured paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
View of a War Garden, on the Hudson River, New York City
Title
View of a War Garden, on the Hudson River, New York City
Date
1918
Medium
Watercolor, crayon, and graphite on board, overmatted
Dimensions
Overall: 15 7/8 x 20 in. ( 40.3 x 50.8 cm )
mat: 15 7/8 x 20 in. ( 40.3 x 50.8 cm )
Credit Line
Gift of James Calvert Smith
Object Number
1951.348
Marks
inscriptions: Signed and dated, lower left: James Calvert Smith, 1918
Inscriptions
Inscribed and signed at lower left in black crayon: "JAMES CALVERT SMITH -- 1918--"; verso isncribed at upper left in graphite: "War Garden -- N. Y. C. -- 1918 / (181st street Wadsworth Avenue)"
Gallery Label
The title on a flyleaf sheet places this World War I garden at 181st Street and Wadsworth Avenue in the Washinton Heights section of Manhattan Island, but the proximity of the Hudson River and Fort Washington Park would suggest an area further west near Pinehurst Avenue.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
