Object details
Object number
P11e19
Creator(s)
Louis Kronberg
(Boston, 1872 - 1965, Palm Beach)
Title
Fan Design: Coppelia
Date
1911
Medium
Crayon on paper
Dimensions
21.6 x 36.8 cm (8 1/2 x 14 1/2 in.)
Additional Dimensions
Frame: 34.3 x 53.7 cm (13 1/2 x 21 1/8 in.)
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings
Inscribed (lower left and right): L. K. 1911.
Inscribed in pencil (left): Kronberg
Drawing in pencil (verso): head of a woman
Provenance
Gift from Louis Kronberg to Isabella Stewart Gardner, 1911-1916.
Commentary
Isabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
Bibliography
Philip Hendy. Catalogue of Exhibited Paintings and Drawings (Boston, 1931), p. 196.
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 75.
Rollin Hadley. “Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 8, no. 37 (16 May 1965), p. 2.
Esther Oldham. "Mrs. Jack's Fans at Fenway Court." The Spinning Wheel (May 1967), p. 10, ill.
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1974), p. 128.
Gallery
Macknight Room
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