Collection Highlights
View of Brooklyn from the Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn, New York
after 1883
1904.22
Black ink, white gouache, and graphite on photo-sensitive paper, laid on card
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Luce Center
Wind-up toy: waltzers
Title
Wind-up toy: waltzers
Object name
Wind-up toy
Date
1900-1930
Medium
Iron, tin, paint
Dimensions
Overall: 8 x 7 in. ( 20.3 x 17.8 cm )
Description
Tinned sheet iron windup toy depicting three dancing couples mounted on circular base with central pole with banner; men dressed in brown suits, women in white dresses with blue stripes at bottom and around waist; yellow base; each couple mounted on smaller disk at edge of base, connected to wheel; as wheels spin, disks revolve, and couples turn in circle, traveling around pole with blue and white banner.
Credit Line
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number
1937.1557