The Emperor's Garden

Carl Holty

Image courtesy of J.B. Newman

Caption

Carl Holty (American, 1900–1973). The Emperor's Garden, 1957. Oil on canvas, 52 × 36 in. (132.1 × 91.4 cm) frame: 52 7/8 × 36 7/8 × 2 in. (134.3 × 93.7 × 5.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Estate of John W. and Alice Hart Kneller, 2009.88. (Photo: Image courtesy of J.B. Newman)

Gallery

Not on view

Title

The Emperor's Garden

Date

1957

Medium

Oil on canvas

Classification

Painting

Dimensions

52 × 36 in. (132.1 × 91.4 cm) frame: 52 7/8 × 36 7/8 × 2 in. (134.3 × 93.7 × 5.1 cm)

Signatures

Signed recto, lower right in orange pigment: "Holty"

Inscriptions

Inscribed verso, top stretcher bar: "Gift to my wife Elizabeth 1957 - Carl Holty"

Credit Line

Gift of the Estate of John W. and Alice Hart Kneller

Accession Number

2009.88

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