Provenance

George Blumenthal

American, 1858 - 1941

Explore Selected Works

Clodion, The Surprise, 1799, terracotta, Gift of Irma I. Straus in memory of her husband, Jesse Isidor Straus, 1942.12.1

The Surprise

Clodion · 1799 · terracotta ·  Accession ID  1942.12.1

Hubert Robert, Charitable Ladies, c. 1780/1785, pen and brown ink and watercolor over black chalk on laid paper, Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1963.15.25

Charitable Ladies

Hubert Robert · c. 1780/1785 · pen and brown ink and watercolor over black chalk on laid paper ·  Accession ID  1963.15.25

Antoine Watteau, A Man Reclining and a Woman Seated on the Ground, c. 1716, red, black, and white chalk on brown laid paper, The Armand Hammer Collection, 1991.217.12

A Man Reclining and a Woman Seated on the Ground

Antoine Watteau · c. 1716 · red, black, and white chalk on brown laid paper ·  Accession ID  1991.217.12

Bibliography

1926

  • Rubinstein-Bloch, Stella. Catalogue of the collection of George and Florence Blumenthal, New York. 6 vols. Paris, Priv. print, 1926-1930

1932

  • Mayer, August L. "Die Sammlung George und Florence Blumenthal in New-York." Pantheon V, no. 8 (August 1932): 249

1941

  • "George Blumenthal, President of Met, Dies." Art Digest 15 (July 1, 1941):15

1943

  • Masterpieces in the Collection of George Blumenthal. Exh. cat. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1943.