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A Legacy of Generosity and Service: Daniel A. Pollack (1939–2019)
Daniel A. Pollack (Harvard College A.B. ’60, University of Oxford M.A. ’62, Harvard Law School LL.B. ’65) pursued his education and passions with remarkable aplomb. One of the foremost trial lawyers in the United States, he also painted watercolors and collected early American paintings and silver. He served on many boards and advisory groups for the Harvard Art Museums, including as longtime chair of the American Art committee until his death. This arcade gallery bears his name along with his wife’s, Susan F. Pollack (Harvard College A.B. ’64, Harvard Law School LL.B. ’67), as a testament to their unflagging support of art and art education.
In 2020, Susan Pollack made a transformative gift of her husband’s collection of 18th-century American silver, to honor his life and his support of American art at Harvard. Most of the works from the gift are in the neighboring case. Six works of ecclesiastical silver are on view in the silver cabinet (Gallery 2340) on this floor. We are grateful for Daniel Pollack’s legacy of generosity and service, which has allowed us to tell a nuanced and hemispheric story of design, global luxury, international trade, and labor.
[2020.185, 2020.188, 2020.190, 2020.191, 2020.192, 2020.193, 2020.196, 2020.198, 2020.199, 2020.201, 2020.202, 2020.204]
- Identification and Creation
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- Object Number
- 2020.198
- People
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Joseph Richardson Jr., American (Philadelphia 1752 - 1831 Philadelphia)
Nathaniel Richardson, American (Chester, Pennsylvania 1754 - 1827 Philadelphia)
- Title
- Coffeepot
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- vessel
- Date
- c. 1780
- Places
- Creation Place: North America, United States, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
- Culture
- American
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/369968
- Location
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Level 2, Room 2410, South Arcade
View this object's location on our interactive map - Physical Descriptions
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- Medium
- Silver and fruitwood
- Dimensions
- 31.8 cm (12 1/2 in.)
1049 g - Inscriptions and Marks
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- monogram: side, engraved: NLJC
- inscription: side, engraved: [Birkat Kohanim / Priestly Blessing]
- maker's mark: under base, stamped: I [pellet] NR [conjoined] [in rectangle] [mark of Joseph and Nathaniel Richardson]
- maker's mark: under base, stamped: I [pellet] NR [conjoined] [in rectangle] [mark of Joseph and Nathaniel Richardson]
- Provenance
- Private collection, sold [through Sotheby's, New York, January 20-22, 2006, lot 166]. Daniel and Susan Pollack, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2020
- Acquisition and Rights
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- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, The Pollack Collection, gift of Daniel A. Pollack AB ’60 and Susan F. Pollack AB ’64
- Accession Year
- 2020
- Object Number
- 2020.198
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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- Descriptions
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- Description
- Double-bellied pear-shaped body with a fluted spout and gadrooned urn finial. Wood handle
- Publication History
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Jeanne Sloane, Early American Silver in the collection of Daniel A. Pollack, Privately Published (Boston [?], 2019), cat. no. 23, repr.
"Harvard Art Museums Receive Important Gift of American Silver", Artfixdaily Artwire ([e-journal], March 22, 2022), https://www.artfixdaily.com/artwire/release/6573-harvard-art-museums-receive-important-gift-of-american-silver, accessed March 24, 2022
- Exhibition History
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32Q: 2410 South Arcade, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 07/25/2022 - 01/01/2050
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