Collection Highlights
Negro Life at the South
1859
S-225
Oil on linen
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Bell
Object name
Bell
Date
1500-1700
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
Overall: 13 x 13 in. ( 33 x 33 cm )
Description
Bronze bell-shaped clapper bell with two slanting attachments at top (for suspending bell); molded decoration of the Cruxificion at front, showing Christ on the cross with the thieves on smaller crosses at each side; two smaller cruxificion scenes on opposing sides of bell; bronze clapper suspended from top of inside by large loop.
Credit Line
Purchased from Elie Nadelman, 1937
Object Number
Z.1227
Marks
pencil inscription: on paper tag attached to bell: "Gallery/XII"
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.
Provenance
The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
