Object details
Accession number
ARC.009960
Primary Creator
American, Boston
Full title
"Noted Artist Landing in Boston Today: Sargent Home from Visit in Europe"
Creation Date
1922
Marks
Inscribed in pencil (bottom): Tom Fox in the background
Dimensions
36 x 11.1 cm (14 3/16 x 4 3/8 in.)
Display Media
Ink on paper
Web Commentary
Isabella Stewart Gardner regularly clipped and saved newspaper articles featuring her friends. This item about John Singer Sargent, who was introduced to Gardner by Henry James in 1886, describes a tense homecoming after a European tour. Beneath a candid photograph of the artist descending from an ocean liner, the article cites the controversy surrounding one of Sargent’s recent murals in the Boston Public Library. The caption notes that the mural, Synagogue, “has given offence to persons of the Jewish faith” for its allegorical representation of Judaism as a fumbling old woman.
Permanent Gallery Location
Short Gallery
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