Exhibition Announcement
correspondent
Waldo Pierce
(Bangor, Maine, 1884 - 1970, Newburyport, Massachusetts)
Date1922
Place MadeNorth America
MediumInk on paper
ClassificationsManuscripts
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberARC.004495
eMuseum ID730863
EmbARK ObjectID30449
TMS Source ID14029
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.
MarksNotesInscribed 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)]
[Drawings of man and woman varnishing the printed sculpture (top)]
[Drawing of a bottle of varnish (center, right edge)]
ProvenanceNotesSent to Isabella Stewart Gardner by American painter Waldo Pierce (1884-1970) and his wife actress Ivy Troutman (1884-1979) in 1922.
