Object details
Accession number
P11s6
Primary Creator
Full title
Almond Trees, Valserres
Creation Date
1894-1895
Provenance
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from Dodge Macknight for $75 possibly on 22 July 1907.
Marks
Inscribed (lower left): Dodge Macknight
Inscribed (on a Doll & Richards label, affixed to the frame): No. 48826
Dimensions
75 x 55 cm (29 1/2 x 21 5/8 in.)
Display Media
Watercolor on 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
Macknight Room
Bibliography
Catalogue. Fenway Court. (Boston, 1912), pp. 1-2. (one of the several watercolors by Macknight listed in the Blue Room)
Philip Hendy. Catalogue of Exhibited Paintings and Drawings (Boston, 1931), p. 214. (as painted at Valserres, 1894-1895)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 64. (as painted at Valserres, 1894 or 1895)
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1974), pp. 143-44, ill. (as painted at Valserres, 1894 or 1895)
Karen E. Haas. "Dodge Macknight -- painting the town red and violet..." Fenway Court (1982), pp. 36-47, fig. 2. (as painted at Valserres, 1894 or 1895)
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