Object details
Object number
ARC.008524
Creator(s)
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Thomas E. Marr And Son
(active Boston, 1910-1942)
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primary
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Isabella Stewart Gardner
(New York, 1840 - 1924, Boston)
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subject
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A. Piatt Andrew
(La Porte, Indiana, 1873 - 1936, Gloucester, Massachusetts)
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subject
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Okakura Kakuzo
(Yokohama, 1862 - 1913, Akakura)
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subject
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Caroline Sidney Sinkler
(Belvidere Plantation, South Carolina, 1860 - 1949)
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subject
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Henry Davis Sleeper
(Boston, 1878 - 1934, Cambridge, Massachusetts)
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subject
Title
A. Piatt Andrew, Isabella Stewart Gardner, Okakura Kakuzo, Caroline Sidney Sinkler, and Henry Davis Sleeper on the Terrace at Red Roof, Gloucester, Massachusetts
Date
6 October 1910
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Language
English
Dimensions
19.3 x 24.2 cm (7 5/8 x 9 1/2 in.)
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings
Signed (in image, lower right): T.E. Marr and Son
Inscribed (in image, lower left): 17132
Inscribed in pencil (verso, top): A. Piatt Andrew, Mrs. Gardner / Okakura, Miss Sinkler, Henry Sleeper / at Andrews' house in Gloucester
Provenance
Gift of Andrew L. Gray, a grandnephew of A. Piatt Andrew (1873 - 1936), to the archives of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in the 1970s.
Commentary
In this photograph, Isabella Stewart Gardner sits with friends on the terrace of Red Roof, a home in Gloucester, Massachusetts belonging to A. Piatt Andrew (1873–1936), an economist and future congressman. Andrew and his neighbors made up a lively and creative community, and they embraced Isabella (as well as her friends such as art historian and curator, Okakura Kakuzo, pictured in the front row) as an honorary member.
Bibliography
Aurora Daniel, "Henry Davis Sleeper and a Glass Mosaic," Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 8 June 2021, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/henry-davis-sleeper-and-glass-mosaic
Alex Eliopoulos, "Isabella and Okakura Kakuzō's Impactful Friendship," Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 10 May 2022, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/isabella-and-okakura-kakuzos-impactful-friendship
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