Collection Highlights
Afternoon Hastings Landing. Palisades Rocks in Shadow, New York
1836-37
1952.410
Watercolor, gouache, graphite, scratching out, and touches of black ink and glazing on paper laid on brown card
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Cake board
Object name
Cake board
Date
ca. 1790
Medium
Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 1 1/4 x 12 1/2 in. ( 3.2 x 31.8 cm )
Description
Circular wooden cake board carved with image a ram, a banner with a cross on it, flowers and "1790" surrounded by a stylized foliate band; two notched finger gripping holes on reverse.
Credit Line
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number
1937.1353
Marks
intaglio (inverted): on obverse: "1790"
impressed: on reverse: "GM"
handwritten in ink: on collector's label affixed to reverse: "2497"
handwritten in yellow pencil: on reverse: "228 / 7 pieces"
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.
