Collection Highlights
The Rapalje Children
1768
1946.201
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Woodcarving (eagle)
Object name
Woodcarving (eagle)
Date
ca. 1865
Medium
Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 13 3/4 x 24 x 14 in. ( 34.9 x 61 x 35.6 cm )
Description
Carved wooden eagle with dappled yellow body; detachable wings are painted black and cross-hatching carved on upper surface.
Credit Line
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number
1937.1124
Marks
typed: paper label (Nadelman collection) affixed to bottom: "520/Am."
Gallery Label
This object was once part of the folk art collection of Elie Nadelman (1882-1946), the avant-garde sculptor. From 1924 to 1934, Nadelman's collection was displayed in his Museum of Folk Arts, located in the Riverdale section of the Bronx. The Historical Society purchased Nadelman's entire collection in 1937.