Object details
Accession number
ARC.004495
Primary Creator
Waldo Pierce
(Bangor, Maine, 1884 - 1970, Newburyport, Massachusetts)
Full title
Exhibition Announcement with Note
Creation Date
1922
Language
English
Provenance
Sent to Isabella Stewart Gardner by American painter Waldo Pierce (1884-1970) and his wife actress Ivy Troutman (1884-1979) in 1922.
Marks
Inscribed in ink (center): We are v sorry you are not / here to help us varnish / love from / Ivy & WP. [Drawings of man and woman varnishing the printed sculpture (top)][Drawing of a bottle of varnish (center, right edge)]
Display Media
Ink on paper
Web Commentary
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Permanent Gallery Location
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