Painting of the New York City skyline from the Rock Rest Tourist Home
date: label: Date
content: after 1952
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: United Nations Secretariat Building, founded 1952
label: Subject of
content: Rock Rest Tourist Home, American, 1948 - 1976
label: Owned by
content: Clayton Sinclair, American
label: Owned by
content: Hazel Sinclair, American
notes: label: Description
content: A framed painting of the New York City skyline from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. In the center foreground of the painting is a large white boat with two decks that are crowded with people. A large American flag hangs from the stern of the boat. Written on the side of the bow is the name of the boat, [SIGHTSEER], and [SIGHTSEEING YACHTS] is written across the port side. A second smaller boat is in the right foreground. The smaller boat also has a flag hanging from its stern. On the shoreline is a street, FDR Drive, that spans across the midground of the painting and includes elevated sections. Behind the street is a series of buildings of various shapes and sizes. There is one red and white deco-style skyscraper on the far left. Three white skyscrapers are at the center of the painting: two are deco-style and the third one, the United Nations Secretariat Building, is a rectangular building with four panels of black windows. In front of the United Nations Secretariat Building is a long flat building, lined with flags on the roof. The skyscrapers on the right are brown and there is also a pair of white stepped towers. Just left of the United Nations Secretariat Building is the entrance to East 42nd Street.
place: label: Place collected
content: Kittery, York County, Maine, United States, North and Central America
label: Place captured
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Art
label: Topic
content: Black Enterprise
label: Topic
content: Black interiors
label: Topic
content: Segregation
label: Topic
content: Travel
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: The Rock Rest Tourist Home Collection
label: Classification
content: Visual Arts
label: Classification
content: Furnishings, Housewares, and Décor
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail, Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.12.64
objectType: label: Type
content: paintings
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown – Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: paint on canvas with wood
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 28 1/16 × 34 1/4 × 1 5/8 in. (71.3 × 87 × 4.2 cm)