Object details
Accession number
P11s25
Primary Creator
Sylvia Curtis Steinert
(Paris, 1899 - 1972)
Full title
Villa Sylvia, Saint Jean-sur-mer
Creation Date
1923
Provenance
Gift from the American artist Mrs. Alexander Steinert (Sylvia Curtis, 1899-1972; Mrs. Schuyler Owen after 1947) to her godmother Isabella Stewart Gardner, 20 July 1923.
Marks
Inscribed in pencil (lower right): With / Sylvia's love / 1923.
Dimensions
46 x 30 cm (18 1/8 x 11 13/16 in.)
Display Media
Watercolor on paper
Dimension Notes
Frame: 62.5 x 45.7 cm (24 5/8 x 18 in.)
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
Macknight Room
Bibliography
Philip Hendy. Catalogue of Exhibited Paintings and Drawings (Boston, 1931), p. 345. (catalogued as Steinert)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), pp. 66-67. (catalogued as Steinert)
Rollin Hadley. “Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 8, no. 15 (13 Dec. 1964), p. 2. (as "a watercolor by a Goddaughter")
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1974), pp. 68-69, ill. (catalogued as Curtis)
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