Object details
Accession number
P11s10
Primary Creator
William Bruce Ellis Ranken
(Edinburgh, 1881 - 1941)
Full title
In a Turkish Garden
Creation Date
1910
Provenance
Probably offered for sale at the Ranken show at the Goupil Gallery, London for 25 guineas in February 1911, lot 15.Probably offered for sale at the Ranken show at the gallery of Messrs. T. & R. Annan & Sons, Glasgow for 25 guineas in December 1911, lot 20.Probably offered for sale at the Ranken show at the Royal Institution, Liverpool for 25 guineas in May 1914, lot 10.Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the gallery Doll & Richards, Boston for $300 on 3 February 1917, possibly through artist John Singer Sargent (1856-1925).
Marks
Inscribed (lower right): W B E R 1910 Inscribed (on the frame): No. 5 (stenciled) / 3 (in pencil) / 15 (in chalk)Inscribed (on a label affixed to the frame): Ernest Alden, 39 King's Road, Sloane SquareInscribed (on a label affixed to the frame): In a Turkish Garden
Dimensions
55 x 38 cm (21 5/8 x 14 15/16 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
Doll & Richards. Exhibition and Sale of Water Colors by B.E. Ranken... (Boston, 8-20 January 1917), no. 19.
Philip Hendy. Catalogue of Exhibited Paintings and Drawings (Boston, 1931), p. 277.
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 66.
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1974), pp. 191-92, ill.
Wendy Hawksley et al. "Biography." WILLIAMRANKEN.ORG: dedicated to the life and work of the artist..., accessed 2015. http://www.williamranken.org/#/biography/4538811219
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