Thomas E. Marr and Son (active Boston, 1910-1942)
Music Room, North Wall, Fenway Court, 1914
Gelatin silver print , 19.84 x 24.61 cm (7 13/16 x 9 11/16 in.)
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Accession number
ARC.Marr.19307.b.1
Creators
- Thomas E. Marr And Son (active Boston, 1910-1942) - primary
- Arthur E. Marr (Boston, 1877 - 1954, Boston) - photographer
Full title
Music Room, North Wall, Fenway Court
Creation Date
1914
Provenance
Commissioned by Isabella Stewart Gardner, Boston in 1914.
Marks
Inscribed in glass plate negative (lower left of print): 19307
Signed in glass plate negative (lower right of print): T.E. Marr & Son (c)
Dimensions
19.84 x 24.61 cm (7 13/16 x 9 11/16 in.)
Display Media
Gelatin silver print
Web Commentary
Isabella Stewart Gardner’s museum originally featured a two-story concert hall known as the Music Room. Gardner hosted a range of public and private performances within the Music Room for over a decade. When her collection had grown beyond what the galleries could hold, she demolished the Music Room in order to expand exhibition space creating the Spanish Cloister, Chinese Loggia, and Tapestry Room. Before it was taken down, she asked the firm of Thomas E. Marr and Son—who had been documenting the spaces of her museum from their inception—to photograph the room for posterity.
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Commentary
Isabella Stewart Gardner’s museum originally featured a two-story concert hall known as the Music Room. Gardner hosted a range of public and private performances within the Music Room for over a decade. When her collection had grown beyond what the galleries could hold, she demolished the Music Room in order to expand exhibition space creating the Spanish Cloister, Chinese Loggia, and Tapestry Room. Before it was taken down, she asked the firm of Thomas E. Marr and Son—who had been documenting the spaces of her museum from their inception—to photograph the room for posterity.