Kraków, Poland, 1872−New York, 1965
she acquired Constantin Brancusi’s Bird in Space (1927; National Gallery of Art, Washington
Signature: Signed and dated (lower right): D.C.F./1930Inscription: Inscribed: (on shield) LOYALTY / WISDOM / FRIENDSHIP / DILIGENCE; (on field, lower half) BASHFORD DEAN / 1867–1928 / HONORARY CURATOR OF ARMS AND ARMOR 1906 / CURATOR OF ARMS AND ARMOR 1912 / TRUSTEE 1927 / THE REAL FOUNDER OF / THE MUSEUM’S COLLECTION / WHICH BY HIS KNOWLEDGE AND DEVOTION / HE MADE / ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT / OF THE WORLDMarking: Foundry mark (lower right, under signature): KUNST F’DRY N
leading sculptors and the creator of such famous monuments as the Lincoln Memorial in Washington
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The Washington Post Grand yet thematically intent… The New Yorker Packed with
Fleischman, Washington, D.C. and Miami (2003–20; promised and partial gift to MMA
… although Americans had begun to identify themselves as a nation, they were divided by sectional interests that deepened with rapid industrialization and the question of slavery.
The political calm that had characterized the first term of President George Washington
Signature: On top of base: DegasInscription: On the underside of base: 2, four dots belowMarking: On top of base: CIRE/ PERDUE/ A A HEBRARD/ 2/A (founder’s mark and serial letter)
Except for the wax Little Fourteen-Year-Old Dancer (Washington: NGA) none of these
Ridgely (Margarita Cress) Hunt, Pelham, Highland Falls, N.Y., and Washington, D.C
The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
, she worked as a Project Manager at a digital fundraising and strategy firm in Washington
Bowl Produced in northeastern Iran, in the province of Khurasan during the Samanid period, this large bowl with its high, flaring sides and bold, rhythmically spaced inscription in „new-style“ script exemplifies the elegance and perfect harmony of the „black-on-white wares“ unearthed in the cities of Nishapur and Samarqand
Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., 1989. pp. 14–15, ill
