Collection Highlights
The Bulls and Bears in the Market
1879
1971.104
Oil on linen
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Adolph S. Ochs (1858-1935)
Title
Adolph S. Ochs (1858-1935)
Date
1936
Medium
Plaster painted to simulate bronze with newspaper and horsehair
Dimensions
Overall: 24 x 16 3/4 x 11 in. ( 61 x 42.5 x 27.9 cm )
Description
Portrait bust
Credit Line
Gift of the artist
Object Number
1954.28
Marks
inscriptions: signed under proper left arm: "MALVINA HOFFMAN"
Gallery Label
Born in Cincinnati and raised in Knoxville, Tennessee, Ochs became owner and publisher of the Chattanooga "Times" at the age of twenty. In 1896 he acquired controlling interest in the "New York Times" and was its publisher from that date until his death.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
