Sheepshead Bay

Chaim Gross

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Caption

Chaim Gross (American, born Austria, 1904–1991). Sheepshead Bay, 1941. Watercolor and ink on beige, moderately thick, moderately textured wove paper, 11 7/8 x 17 15/16 in. (30.2 x 45.6 cm) Frame: 18 x 23 15/16 x 1 5/8 in. (45.7 x 60.8 x 4.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Daniel and Rita Fraad, Jr., 65.204.4. © artist or artist's estate. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

American Art

Title

Sheepshead Bay

Date

1941

Medium

Watercolor and ink on beige, moderately thick, moderately textured wove paper

Classification

Watercolor

Dimensions

11 7/8 x 17 15/16 in. (30.2 x 45.6 cm) Frame: 18 x 23 15/16 x 1 5/8 in. (45.7 x 60.8 x 4.1 cm)

Signatures

Signed lower right: "Chaim Gross / 1941"

Credit Line

Gift of Daniel and Rita Fraad, Jr.

Accession Number

65.204.4

Rights

© artist or artist's estate

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