Collection Highlights
Tontine Coffee House, N.Y.C.
ca. 1797
1907.32
oil on linen, lined to fiberglass
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Virginia Crocheron Gildersleeve (1877-1965)
Title
Virginia Crocheron Gildersleeve (1877-1965)
Date
1949
Medium
Terracotta painted plaster
Dimensions
Overall: 21 1/4 x 15 3/16 x 10 1/2 in. ( 54 x 38.6 x 26.7 cm )
Description
Portrait bust
Credit Line
Gift of the artist
Object Number
1951.453
Marks
signed: proper left side of base: "MALVINA HOFFMAN/1949"
Gallery Label
Virginia Gildersleeve, the daughter of Justice Henry Alger Gildersleeve of the Supreme Court of New York State, received her master's degree from Columbia University. She taught English at Barnard College, and served as dean of the college from 1911 to 1947. The bronze portrait based on this plaster model is at Barnard.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
