United Nations Site
Artist
Dorothy Sherry
(American)
Date1947
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsUnframed: 20 x 30 1/16 inches (50.8 x 76.36 cm)
Framed: 28 7/16 x 38 3/8 x 3 5/8 inches (72.19 x 97.46 x 9.21 cm)
Framed: 28 7/16 x 38 3/8 x 3 5/8 inches (72.19 x 97.46 x 9.21 cm)
Credit LineGift of Colonel Charles Leonard Pfeiffer
Object number50-71
SignedSigned lower right: D. Sherry
On View
Not on viewCollections
Published ReferencesJ. K. R., “Ruins of New York,” Art Digest 22 (15 February 1948),
22 (as U. N. Site); “Dorothy Sherry,” Collectors of American Art,
Inc. Annual Bulletin, December 1948, unpaginated; Ruins of New
York and Other Paintings by Dorothy Sherry, exh. cat. (New York:
Contemporary Arts, 1948), unpaginated; NAMA 1973, 254.
22 (as U. N. Site); “Dorothy Sherry,” Collectors of American Art,
Inc. Annual Bulletin, December 1948, unpaginated; Ruins of New
York and Other Paintings by Dorothy Sherry, exh. cat. (New York:
Contemporary Arts, 1948), unpaginated; NAMA 1973, 254.
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