Object details
Object number
P1s7
Creator(s)
Martin Mower
(Lynn, Massachusetts, 1870 - 1960, Vancouver)
Title
Charleston
Date
about 1913-1914
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
25.4 x 35.6 cm (10 x 14 in.)
Additional Dimensions
Frame: 42.23 x 55.25 cm (16 5/8 x 21 3/4 in.)
Provenance
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the painter Martin Mower (1870-1960) for $250, the gross ticket sales of one public day at Fenway Court, in 1913-1914.
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. 250.
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 19. (as 1913 or 1914)
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1974), pp. 171-72, ill.
Gallery
Yellow Room
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