Object details
Object number
U1w15
Creator(s)
Title
Charles Martin Loeffler's Hand
Date
1914
Medium
Plaster
Case
Musicians Case
Provenance
Gift from composer and violinist, Charles Martin Loeffler (1861-1935) and inventor, Mabel Hunt Slater (1864-1942) to Isabella Stewart Gardner in December 1914.
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings
Inscribed on base: © Mrs H.N. Slater 1914
Dimensions
18 x 20 x 30 cm (7 1/16 x 7 7/8 x 11 13/16 in.)
Commentary
Composer-violinist Charles Martin Loeffler was one of Isabella Stewart Gardner’s closest friends. With Gardner as his patron, Loeffler built a steady career within Boston’s musical community. When Gardner completed her museum, Loeffler used its Music Room to debut “Pagan Poem,” one of his most important compositions. Casts of famous people’s faces and hands were popular mementos in the 19th century, and Loeffler and his friend Mabel Hunt Slater gave the cast to Gardner as Christmas present in 1914.
Gallery
Yellow Room
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