Anders Zorn - Abram Piatt Andrew, Jr., 1911

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This portrait shows the head and torso of Abram Piatt Andrew looking at the viewer.   He is a light-skinned  young man with dark brown hair and large brown eyes.  He wears a light gray jacket, a white shirt and bright red tie.  To our left, the background is brown and to our right it is white. The artist’s signature is visible in the upper right corner. 

Anders Zorn (Mora, 1860 - 1920, Mora)

Abram Piatt Andrew, Jr., 1911

Oil on canvas, 60 x 44 cm (23 5/8 x 17 5/16 in.)

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A. Piatt Andrew and his home called Red Roof were the center of a lively group of friends living on Eastern Point in Gloucester, Massachusetts. Isabella Stewart Gardner, who was a frequent guest of Andrew’s, commissioned this portrait from the Swedish artist Anders Zorn.  Zorn painted Andrew’s red tie—a code used by urban gay men to recognize one another—with a few bold brushstrokes.