Collection Highlights
Dragonfly Table lamp
c. 1900-1906
N84.113
Glass, bronze
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Luce Center
View from the Ruins of the Greek Theater at Taormina, Sicily, with Mount Etna (Smoking)
Title
View from the Ruins of the Greek Theater at Taormina, Sicily, with Mount Etna (Smoking)
Date
c. 1868
Medium
Oil on paper laid on canvas, laid on Japanese paper and wood
Dimensions
Overall: 9 x 14 in. ( 22.9 x 35.6 cm )
Description
Landscape
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Nora Durand Woodman
Object Number
1932.45
Inscriptions
Inscribed at lower left with a stylus: "Taromina, Sicily"; signed at lower right: "T H Hotchkiss"; reverse of canvas inscribed (before conservation): "Taormina / Island of Sicily / Painted by Thomas H. Hotchkiss / Presented to / Lucy M. Durand Woodman"
Gallery Label
This painting was presented to Lucy Maria Durand Woodman, daughter of Asher B. Durand, and mother of Nora Durand Woodman.
Provenance
Estate of Thomas Hiram Hotchkiss; Asher B. Durand and Family; Lucy Durand Woodman, Orange, New Jersey
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
