Object details

Object number

P11n37

Creator(s)

Louis Kronberg (Boston, 1872 - 1965, Palm Beach)

Title

Fan Design: La Maledetta

Date

1922-1923

Medium

Pastel on gray paper

Dimensions

25 x 52 cm (9 13/16 x 20 1/2 in.)

Signatures, inscriptions, and markings

Signed and dated in pencil (lower right): L. Kronberg 1922
Inscribed in pencil (upper left): La Maledetta / Paris July 12, 1922
Inscribed in pencil (upper right): Zambelli
Inscribed (on back): Ballet Paris 1923 Opera House Mme. Zambelli

Provenance

Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection 1923-1924.

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

"Five Important Special Exhibitions on View at the Albright Art Gallery During January." Academy Notes, vol. 19 (Januray-June 1924), p. 21.
Philip Hendy. Catalogue of Exhibited Paintings and Drawings (Boston, 1931), p. 196.
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 72.
Rollin Hadley. “Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 8, no. 37 (16 May 1965), p. 2.
Esther Oldham. "Mrs. Jack's Fans at Fenway Court." The Spinning Wheel (May 1967), p. 10, ill.
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1974), p. 131.

Gallery

Macknight Room

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