This portrait shows the head and torso of Abram Piatt Andrew looking at the viewer. He is a light-skinned young man with dark brown hair and large brown eyes. He wears a light gray jacket, a white shirt and bright red tie. To our left, the background is brown and to our right it is white. The artist’s signature is visible in the upper right corner.
A. Piatt Andrew
(La Porte, Indiana, 1873 - 1936, Gloucester, Massachusetts)
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subject
Full title
Abram Piatt Andrew, Jr.
Creation Date
1911
Provenance
Commissioned by Isabella Stewart Gardner from Anders Zorn, 1911.
Marks
Signed (upper right): Zorn
Dimensions
60 x 44 cm (23 5/8 x 17 5/16 in.)
Display Media
Oil on canvas
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
Blue Room
Bibliography
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 29.Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston,1974), pp. 298-300.Michelle Facos. Swedish Impressionism’s Boston Champion: Anders Zorn and Isabella Stewart Gardner. Exploring Treasures in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum VI. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 1993), pp. 33-35.Oliver Tostmann et al. Anders Zorn: A European Artist Seduces America. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 2013), pp. 168-69, fig. 92.
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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.