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
A Caricature and Portrait of Osgood Perkins (1892-1937)
Title
A Caricature and Portrait of Osgood Perkins (1892-1937)
Date
1936
Medium
Graphite on notepad paper
Dimensions
Overall: 7 x 5 in. ( 17.8 x 12.7 cm )
Description
Portrait
Credit Line
Gift of the Family of William Henry Walker
Object Number
1990.1.208
Marks
signature, date and inscription: lower left: "WmHWalker / Feb 25/36 / Osgood Perkins"
Inscriptions
Signed and inscribed at lower left in graphite: "Wm H Walker / Feb 25/36"; signed by sitter at lower left: "Osgood Perkins"
Gallery Label
A film actor, Perkins appeared in about twenty movies, including "Scarface," "The President Vanishes," and "Gold Diggers of 1937."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
