Object details
Object number
P11e4
Creator(s)
Louis Kronberg
(Boston, 1872 - 1965, Palm Beach)
Title
Back to Back
Date
1913
Medium
Watercolor on paper
Dimensions
18 x 25 cm (7 1/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
Additional Dimensions
Frame: 32.4 x 38.7 cm (12 3/4 x 15 1/4 in.)
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings
Inscribed (upper right): Grez 1913
Inscribed (lower left): Louis Kronberg. Jan 1st 1914.
Inscribed (lower right): To Mrs. J .L. Gardner.
Inscribed (on the frame): painted at Grez Seine et Marne
Provenance
Gift from Louis Kronberg to Isabella Stewart Gardner on 1 January 1914, Boston.
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.
Bibliography
Philip Hendy. Catalogue of Exhibited Paintings and Drawings (Boston, 1931), p. 196.
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 73. (entitled "Two Girls Back to Back")
Rollin Hadley. “Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 8, no. 37 (16 May 1965), p. 2.
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1974), p. 128.
Gallery
Macknight Room
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