(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Visiting Card

subject Gerald Murphy (Boston, 1888 - 1964, East Hampton, New York)

subject Sara Murphy (Cincinnati, 1883 - 1975, Arlington, Virginia)

Date1921

Place MadeUnited States, North America

MediumInk on card stock

ClassificationsManuscripts

Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Accession numberARC.002986

eMuseum ID727733

EmbARK ObjectID29683

Other Numberv.4.2.68.x

TMS Source ID13271

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.

BibliographyNotesAna Barrett, "The Sole American Music: Spirituals During Isabella's Time," Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 18 February 2021, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/sole-american-music-spirituals-during-isabellas-time

MarksNotesStationery printed (center): Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Murphy
Marked in pencil (top right): v.4/2.68

ProvenanceNotesGiven by the painter, businessman, and friend to artists and writers Gerald Murphy (1888-1964) and his wife Sara Wiborg Murphy (1883-1975) to Isabella Stewart Gardner when they performed Afro-American folk songs at Fenway Court on 12 May 1921.