Gilder Palmer Family Archive
Richard Watson Gilder Jr. — An Angel In Heaven
Sketch by HDK gifted to Richard Watson Gilder Sr.
- Artist: Helena De Kay Gilder
- Medium: Charcoals
- Date: ca. 1880
Price$7,000
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A charcoal sketch of an angel with wings spread, hovering over a landscape — a tender memorial to Richard Watson Gilder Jr., gifted by Helena to her grieving husband. The work is a quiet act of love rendered in line and shadow.
