- Garden of Poppies, about 1891

Garden of Poppies, about 1891

Pastel on buff paper , 55 x 44 cm (21 5/8 x 17 5/16 in.)

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Object details

Accession number

P1s1

Primary Creator

Full title

Garden of Poppies

Creation Date

about 1891

Provenance


Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the gallery Doll & Richards, Boston on 16 December 1891 for $175.

Marks

Inscribed (lower right) J. Appleton BrownInscribed (on a label affixed to the frame): Doll & Richards B2807

Dimensions

55 x 44 cm (21 5/8 x 17 5/16 in.)

Display Media

Pastel on buff paper

Web 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.

Permanent Gallery Location

Yellow Room

Bibliography

Catalogue. Fenway Court. (Boston, 1903), p. 1. (called "Celia Thaxter's Garden at Isles of Shoals")
Philip Hendy. Catalogue of Exhibited Paintings and Drawings (Boston, 1931), p. 79.
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 18.
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1974), p. 49, ill.
Hilliard Goldfarb and Erica Hirshler. Dennis Miller Bunker and His Circle. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 1995), pp. 34-35, 62, no. 15.

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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.