Collection Highlights
Mount Rushmore National Memorial
ca. 1941
1987.16
Plaster with purplish red-brown stipple finish
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Museum Collections
Paintings
Anton Seidl (1850-1898)
Title
Anton Seidl (1850-1898)
Date
1896
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
Overall: 50 x 34 1/4 in. ( 127 x 87 cm )
Credit Line
Gift of F. Lorenz Smith in memory of his brother, the artist
Object Number
1941.319
Marks
signature and date: lower left: "Eugene 1896"
Gallery Label
Seidl, a native of Pest, Hungary, was named conductor at the Leipzig Opera in 1879, when he was not yet thirty. He was invited to come to New York as conductor of German opera at the Metropolitan Opera in 1885 and lived in New York the rest of his life. In 1891 he became conductor of the Philharmonic Society of New York, a position he held with distinction until his death.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
