Collection Highlights
The Truant Gamblers (Undutiful Boys)
1835
1858.23
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Cigarette silk
Object name
Cigarette silk
Date
1890-1920
Medium
Cloth
Dimensions
6 3/4 x 5 3/8 in.
Description
A natural beige silk cloth printed with two color images of a men playing sports, one in white knickers pitching a baseball and another in white shorts running hurdles each with the word "Columbia" in blue above the school crest. One in a series of college sports collectible silks. Unmarked but probably from the Murad Cigarettes college sports series. Given as collectible premiums by cigarette manufacturers.
Credit Line
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number
2002.1.2802
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
