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Keystone with Bearded King, one of two, from Lorsch Building, 37-39 Maiden Lane, NYC (demolished 1973)

American Art

On View: Steinberg Family Sculpture Garden, 1st Floor
MEDIUM Limestone
DATES 1895
DIMENSIONS 32 x 26 x 12 in. (81.3 x 66 x 30.5 cm)  (show scale)
COLLECTIONS American Art
ACCESSION NUMBER 74.6.2
CREDIT LINE Gift of Federal Reserve Bank of New York and Demex Demolition Company
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Crowned head of an old man with mustache and beard
MUSEUM LOCATION This item is on view in Steinberg Family Sculpture Garden, 1st Floor
CAPTION Louis Korn (American). Keystone with Bearded King, one of two, from Lorsch Building, 37-39 Maiden Lane, NYC (demolished 1973), 1895. Limestone, 32 x 26 x 12 in. (81.3 x 66 x 30.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Federal Reserve Bank of New York and Demex Demolition Company, 74.6.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.74.6.2.jpg)
IMAGE overall, CUR.74.6.2.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2011
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Louis Korn (American). <em>Keystone with Bearded King, one of two, from Lorsch Building, 37-39 Maiden Lane, NYC (demolished 1973)</em>, 1895. Limestone, 32 x 26 x 12 in. (81.3 x 66 x 30.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Federal Reserve Bank of New York and Demex Demolition Company, 74.6.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.74.6.2.jpg)