Box 139
Container
Contains 16 Results:
Basket – 1 wicker basket of writing utensils and office supplies, including a copper box, clips, an ink bottle, nail file, pencils, rulers, scissors, eraser, and other assorted material, [n.d.]
File — Box: 139, item: NL 1229
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.]
Bookmark - leather strip embossed “Ben”, [n.d.]
File — Box: 139, item: NL 1230
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.]
Box - blue leather box embossed, “Rose Hecht Nyack, N.Y.”, [n.d.]
File — Box: 139, item: NL 1231
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.]
Butter Knife - with tarnished handle (presumably used as a letter opener?), [n.d.]
File — Box: 139, item: NL 1232
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.]
Card games - box of “Verima” mystery cards with signs of the zodiac embossed, [n.d.]
File — Box: 139, item: NL 1233
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.]
Casts (sculpture) - round plaster imprint of hand. Writing on back, “Jenny 3 years and 5 months Xmas 1946”, 1946
File — Box: 139, item: NL 1234
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:
1946
Ceramic tile - glazed tile (8”x4”) with bull fighter, bull, and text. Starts, “Plaza de toros de linares…”, [n.d.]
File — Box: 139, item: NL 1235
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.]
Clips (fasteners) - leather clip embossed, “ATTENTION”, [n.d.]
File — Box: 139, item: NL 1237
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.]
Copper(?) plate identical to NL 1109 [portrait of Jenny in London], [n.d.]
File — Box: 139, item: NL 1238
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.]
Doilies - round knitted doily, [n.d.]
File — Box: 139, item: NL 1239
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.]
Door knocker - brass doorknocker engraved, “Jenny”, [n.d.]
File — Box: 139, item: NL 1240
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.]
Fork - tarnished, [n.d.]
File — Box: 139, item: NL 1241
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.]
Frames (furnishings) - acrylic and metal frame, [n.d.]
File — Box: 139, item: NL 1242
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.]
Handkerchiefs - blue embroidered and monogrammed handkerchief ("RH"), [n.d.]
File — Box: 139, item: NL 1243
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.]
Handkerchiefs - green monogrammed handkerchief ("BH"), [n.d.]
File — Box: 139, item: NL 1244
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.]
Handkerchiefs - white lace handkerchief, embroidered “Rose” in center, [n.d.]
File — Box: 139, item: NL 1245
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.]