Apartments of the Chief Priest, Kyoto
painter
Joseph Lindon Smith
(Pawtucket, Rhode Island, 1863 - 1950, Dublin, New Hampshire)
Date1900
Place MadeKyoto, Kyoto, Japan, East Asia
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions57.8 x 73 cm (22 3/4 x 28 3/4 in.)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberP1w1
eMuseum ID721300
EmbARK ObjectID10890
TMS Source ID156
Last Updated10/2/24
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.
BibliographyNotesExhibition of Paintings by Joseph Lindon Smith of Boston. Exh. cat. (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1905), p. 6, no. 37. (entitled "State Apartments of Nishi Hongwanji, Kyoto: View of three rooms forming the suite called O-Biroma, or Chief Audience Room")
Exhibition of Paintings by Joseph Lindon Smith: Egypt, Italy, Japan. Exh. cat. (Worcester: Worcester Art Museum, 1908), p. 3, no. 43. (entitled "Audience Hall of the Monastery of Nishi Hongwanji, Kyoto"; probably refers to this painting)
Exhibition of Paintings by Joseph Lindon Smith. Exh. cat. (Detroit: Detroit Museum of Art, 1912), p. no. 21. (entitled "State Apartments at Nishi-Hogwanji. Kyoto")
Catalogue. Fenway Court. (Boston, 1924 or 1925), p. 1. (entitled "Japanese Interior")
Philip Hendy. Catalogue of Exhibited Paintings and Drawings (Boston, 1931), p. 344. (entitled "The State Apartments, Kyoto")
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 23. (entitled "The State Apartments, Kyoto")
Yasuko Horioka. "Japanese Screnes-III." Fenway Court (Jun. 1969), pp. 57-58, fig. 1. (entitled "The State Apartments, Kyoto")
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1974), pp. 241-42, ill. (entitled "Apartments of the Chief Priest, Kyoto")
Exhibition of Paintings by Joseph Lindon Smith: Egypt, Italy, Japan. Exh. cat. (Worcester: Worcester Art Museum, 1908), p. 3, no. 43. (entitled "Audience Hall of the Monastery of Nishi Hongwanji, Kyoto"; probably refers to this painting)
Exhibition of Paintings by Joseph Lindon Smith. Exh. cat. (Detroit: Detroit Museum of Art, 1912), p. no. 21. (entitled "State Apartments at Nishi-Hogwanji. Kyoto")
Catalogue. Fenway Court. (Boston, 1924 or 1925), p. 1. (entitled "Japanese Interior")
Philip Hendy. Catalogue of Exhibited Paintings and Drawings (Boston, 1931), p. 344. (entitled "The State Apartments, Kyoto")
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 23. (entitled "The State Apartments, Kyoto")
Yasuko Horioka. "Japanese Screnes-III." Fenway Court (Jun. 1969), pp. 57-58, fig. 1. (entitled "The State Apartments, Kyoto")
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1974), pp. 241-42, ill. (entitled "Apartments of the Chief Priest, Kyoto")
MarksNotesSigned (lower right): JOSEPH LINDON SMITH
ProvenanceNotesCollection of the painter Joseph Lindon Smith (1863-1950), about 1912.
Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection by 1915.
Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection by 1915.
