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Almond Trees, Valserres

painter Dodge MacKnight (American, 1860 - 1950)

Date1894-1895

Place MadeFrance, Europe

MediumWatercolor on paper

Dimensions75 x 55 cm (29 1/2 x 21 5/8 in.)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Accession numberP11s6

eMuseum ID717520

EmbARK ObjectID10842

TMS Source ID109

Last Updated8/9/24

Status

Not on view

Web CommentaryIsabella 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.

BibliographyNotesCatalogue. Fenway Court. (Boston, 1912), pp. 1-2. (one of the several watercolors by Macknight listed in the Blue Room)
Philip Hendy. Catalogue of Exhibited Paintings and Drawings (Boston, 1931), p. 214. (as painted at Valserres, 1894-1895)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 64. (as painted at Valserres, 1894 or 1895)
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1974), pp. 143-44, ill. (as painted at Valserres, 1894 or 1895)
Karen E. Haas. "Dodge Macknight -- painting the town red and violet..." Fenway Court (1982), pp. 36-47, fig. 2. (as painted at Valserres, 1894 or 1895)

MarksNotesInscribed (lower left): Dodge Macknight
Inscribed (on a Doll & Richards label, affixed to the frame): No. 48826

ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from Dodge Macknight for $75 possibly on 22 July 1907.