Box 137
Container
Contains 8 Results:
Hand-painted platter - Portrait of Rose Hecht, head and shoulders of woman painted in glaze on deep center of red clay plate; brown strip marked “ROSE KA (behind head) CHT”, [n.d.]
File — Box: 137, item: NL 1100
Scope and Contents note
From the Series:
Paintings, prints, sketches, sculpture, and three-dimensional objects belonging to the Hecht family. Artworks are drawings by Ben Hecht as well as art collected and displayed in his homes. Many of the portraits that were originally framed and displayed are of famous artists, writers, great thinkers, and historic figures Hecht admired. Some of the artworks are by friends and collaborators of Hecht's, including Georg Grosz and Herman Rosse (who painted a backdrop for Jenny, possibly for...
Dates:
[n.d.]
Drinking glass - heavy, clear glass base decorated with regular stamped pattern; sides smooth, colored cranberry; cut in cranberry glass, “Bennie”, “1899” and small bird, ca. 1899
File — Box: 137, item: NL 1101
Scope and Contents note
From the Series:
Paintings, prints, sketches, sculpture, and three-dimensional objects belonging to the Hecht family. Artworks are drawings by Ben Hecht as well as art collected and displayed in his homes. Many of the portraits that were originally framed and displayed are of famous artists, writers, great thinkers, and historic figures Hecht admired. Some of the artworks are by friends and collaborators of Hecht's, including Georg Grosz and Herman Rosse (who painted a backdrop for Jenny, possibly for...
Dates:
ca. 1899
Wooden box - rectangular, 2 narrow hinges 1 long side, metal latch on opposite side; carved on sides and top, probably by Ben Hecht; on top, nude woman with flowers; on front, “BEN HECHT”, on 1 end “NYACK”, opposite end, date illegible because lower half missing, [n.d.]
File — Box: 137, item: NL 1102
Scope and Contents note
From the Series:
Paintings, prints, sketches, sculpture, and three-dimensional objects belonging to the Hecht family. Artworks are drawings by Ben Hecht as well as art collected and displayed in his homes. Many of the portraits that were originally framed and displayed are of famous artists, writers, great thinkers, and historic figures Hecht admired. Some of the artworks are by friends and collaborators of Hecht's, including Georg Grosz and Herman Rosse (who painted a backdrop for Jenny, possibly for...
Dates:
[n.d.]
Award - slug announcing award for Ben Hecht on lead base marked with gold seal of The American Newspaper Guild; type reads, “Ben Hecht Given Page One Award/Chicago, Ill., April 24, 1953 – Ben Hecht tonight was given a special Page One award by the Chicago Newspaper Guild for his contribution to the legend of Chicago journalism by his play ‘The Front Page’ produced 25 years ago.”, 1953
File — Box: 137, item: NL 1103
Scope and Contents note
From the Series:
Paintings, prints, sketches, sculpture, and three-dimensional objects belonging to the Hecht family. Artworks are drawings by Ben Hecht as well as art collected and displayed in his homes. Many of the portraits that were originally framed and displayed are of famous artists, writers, great thinkers, and historic figures Hecht admired. Some of the artworks are by friends and collaborators of Hecht's, including Georg Grosz and Herman Rosse (who painted a backdrop for Jenny, possibly for...
Dates:
1953
Jenny Hecht signet – square block marked “JH” backwards in script letters, [n.d.]
File — Box: 137, item: NL 1104
Scope and Contents note
From the Series:
Paintings, prints, sketches, sculpture, and three-dimensional objects belonging to the Hecht family. Artworks are drawings by Ben Hecht as well as art collected and displayed in his homes. Many of the portraits that were originally framed and displayed are of famous artists, writers, great thinkers, and historic figures Hecht admired. Some of the artworks are by friends and collaborators of Hecht's, including Georg Grosz and Herman Rosse (who painted a backdrop for Jenny, possibly for...
Dates:
[n.d.]
Drinking Mug - dull pewter mug, wide round base tapers to lip; clear glass bottom; curved handle, flat top at rim; front marked, “The Lambs to Ben Hecht March 27, 1943”, 1943
File — Box: 137, item: NL 1105
Scope and Contents note
From the Series:
Paintings, prints, sketches, sculpture, and three-dimensional objects belonging to the Hecht family. Artworks are drawings by Ben Hecht as well as art collected and displayed in his homes. Many of the portraits that were originally framed and displayed are of famous artists, writers, great thinkers, and historic figures Hecht admired. Some of the artworks are by friends and collaborators of Hecht's, including Georg Grosz and Herman Rosse (who painted a backdrop for Jenny, possibly for...
Dates:
1943
Picture frame - rectangular Cartier silver frame, dark green plastic cover board on back; slanted back support of same green material; front frame decorated with flowers and birds, 1 stork each side; space at top, “Jenny Hecht”, space at bottom, “Arrived July 30, 1943 Weight 7lbs 3 oz” between scale and clock marked 5:30 pm, 1943
File — Box: 137, item: NL 1107
Scope and Contents note
From the Series:
Paintings, prints, sketches, sculpture, and three-dimensional objects belonging to the Hecht family. Artworks are drawings by Ben Hecht as well as art collected and displayed in his homes. Many of the portraits that were originally framed and displayed are of famous artists, writers, great thinkers, and historic figures Hecht admired. Some of the artworks are by friends and collaborators of Hecht's, including Georg Grosz and Herman Rosse (who painted a backdrop for Jenny, possibly for...
Dates:
1943
Zinc plate - Titled: Jenny in London. Marked with profile head and upper body of Jenny Hecht, mounted on wood block; marked “Newspaper” on back., [n.d.]
File — Box: 137, item: NL 1109
Scope and Contents note
From the Series:
Paintings, prints, sketches, sculpture, and three-dimensional objects belonging to the Hecht family. Artworks are drawings by Ben Hecht as well as art collected and displayed in his homes. Many of the portraits that were originally framed and displayed are of famous artists, writers, great thinkers, and historic figures Hecht admired. Some of the artworks are by friends and collaborators of Hecht's, including Georg Grosz and Herman Rosse (who painted a backdrop for Jenny, possibly for...
Dates:
[n.d.]