The Headland
artist
Karl Frederik Nordström
(Stenkyrka, 1855 - 1923, Drottningholm)
Date1894
Place MadeSweden, Europe
MediumPastel on paper
Dimensions35 x 45 cm (13 3/4 x 17 11/16 in.)
ClassificationsDrawings
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberP3w36
eMuseum ID717142
EmbARK ObjectID10950
TMS Source ID209
Last Updated11/6/24
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, 1903), p. 1. (as by "Nordheim," probably a mondegreen for "Nordström")
Philip Hendy. Catalogue of Exhibited Paintings and Drawings (Boston, 1931), p. 251. (as by Nordheim)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 35. (as by Nordheim)
Kjell Boström. "En kuriös attribution." Konsthistorisk Tidskrift, vol. 17 (1948), pp. 17-18, ill. (as by Nordström, 1894-1895)
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1974), p. 173, ill. (as by Nordström, about 1893-1895, when the artist lived in Varberg)
Michelle Facos. Swedish Impressionism’s Boston Champion: Anders Zorn and Isabella Stewart Gardner. Exploring Treasures in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum VI. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 1993), p. 40, n31. (as by Nordström)
Anne-Marie Eze in Oliver Tostmann et al. Anders Zorn: A European Artist Seduces America. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 2013), pp. 61, 160-61, n3, no. 26c. (as by Nordström, 1894)
Philip Hendy. Catalogue of Exhibited Paintings and Drawings (Boston, 1931), p. 251. (as by Nordheim)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 35. (as by Nordheim)
Kjell Boström. "En kuriös attribution." Konsthistorisk Tidskrift, vol. 17 (1948), pp. 17-18, ill. (as by Nordström, 1894-1895)
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1974), p. 173, ill. (as by Nordström, about 1893-1895, when the artist lived in Varberg)
Michelle Facos. Swedish Impressionism’s Boston Champion: Anders Zorn and Isabella Stewart Gardner. Exploring Treasures in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum VI. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 1993), p. 40, n31. (as by Nordström)
Anne-Marie Eze in Oliver Tostmann et al. Anders Zorn: A European Artist Seduces America. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 2013), pp. 61, 160-61, n3, no. 26c. (as by Nordström, 1894)
MarksNotesInscribed (lower left, in yellow pastel): KN (?) [in monogram]
ProvenanceNotesAcquired by the Swedish artist Anders Zorn (1860-1920) from Karl Frederik Nordström at the National Romantic artists' colony, Varberg, summer 1894.
Gift from Anders Zorn to Isabella Stewart Gardner, Venice, October 1894.
Gift from Anders Zorn to Isabella Stewart Gardner, Venice, October 1894.
