The Basin, Shelburne
painter
Dodge MacKnight
(American, 1860 - 1950)
Date1910
Place MadeShelburne, New Hampshire, United States, North America
MediumWatercolor on paper
Dimensions38 x 55 cm (14 15/16 x 21 5/8 in.)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberP11e8
eMuseum ID722838
EmbARK ObjectID10848
TMS Source ID115
Last Updated8/9/24
Status
Not on viewWeb 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. 215.
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), pp. 73-74.
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1974), pp. 143, 144, ill.
Philip Hendy. Catalogue of Exhibited Paintings and Drawings (Boston, 1931), p. 215.
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), pp. 73-74.
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1974), pp. 143, 144, ill.
MarksNotesInscribed (lower right): Dodge Macknight
Inscribed (on a Doll & Richards label, affixed to the frame): No. 23652
Inscribed (on a Doll & Richards label, affixed to the frame): No. 23652
ProvenanceNotesOffered for sale at an exhibition of Dodge Macknight's White Mountains, Miscellaneous, and Cape Cod paintings at the gallery Doll & Richards, Boston from 15-27 April 1910. Unsold.
Gift from Dodge Macknight to Isabella Stewart Gardner after 27 April 1910.
Gift from Dodge Macknight to Isabella Stewart Gardner after 27 April 1910.
