Miss Alick Schepeler
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Augustus Edwin John
(Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales, 1878 - 1961, Fordingbridge, Hampshire, England)
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Alick Schepeler
(Russian, born 1882)
Dateabout 1907
Place MadeEngland, Europe
MediumGraphite on wove paper
Dimensions21.8 x 17.8 cm (8 9/16 x 7 in.)
ClassificationsDrawings
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number1.2.r.26
eMuseum ID722232
Original Number1.1.r.37
EmbARK ObjectID12355
TMS Source ID1486
Last Updated10/3/24
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.
BibliographyNotes"The Case for Modern Painting." The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs (1907), p. 12. (as compared to a drawing now in the collection of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, England, accession no. PD 155-1961)
Charles Merrill Mount. John Singer Sarger: A Biography (New York, 1955), pp. 375-76.
Rollin van N. Hadley (ed.). Drawings: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1968), pp. 62-63, no. 32.
Charles Merrill Mount. John Singer Sarger: A Biography (New York, 1955), pp. 375-76.
Rollin van N. Hadley (ed.). Drawings: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1968), pp. 62-63, no. 32.
MarksNotesInscribed in graphite (recto, right side): John
Inscribed in graphite (recto, bottom center): 83x-
Inscribed in graphite (recto, bottom center): 83x-
ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the collector Ms. Charles Hunter (Mary E. Smyth, 1856-1933), Epping, England for £75 on about 9 July 1920, through the artist John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) and the auction house Christie, Manson & Woods.
