In a Turkish Garden
painter
William Bruce Ellis Ranken
(Edinburgh, 1881 - 1941)
Date1910
Place MadeTurkey, Middle East
MediumWatercolor on paper
Dimensions55 x 38 cm (21 5/8 x 14 15/16 in.)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberP11s10
eMuseum ID716659
EmbARK ObjectID10952
TMS Source ID211
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.
BibliographyNotesDoll & Richards. Exhibition and Sale of Water Colors by B.E. Ranken... (Boston, 8-20 January 1917), no. 19.
Philip Hendy. Catalogue of Exhibited Paintings and Drawings (Boston, 1931), p. 277.
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 66.
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1974), pp. 191-92, ill.
Wendy Hawksley et al. "Biography." WILLIAMRANKEN.ORG: dedicated to the life and work of the artist..., accessed 2015. http://www.williamranken.org/#/biography/4538811219
Philip Hendy. Catalogue of Exhibited Paintings and Drawings (Boston, 1931), p. 277.
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 66.
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1974), pp. 191-92, ill.
Wendy Hawksley et al. "Biography." WILLIAMRANKEN.ORG: dedicated to the life and work of the artist..., accessed 2015. http://www.williamranken.org/#/biography/4538811219
MarksNotesInscribed (lower right): W B E R 1910
Inscribed (on the frame): No. 5 (stenciled) / 3 (in pencil) / 15 (in chalk)
Inscribed (on a label affixed to the frame): Ernest Alden, 39 King's Road, Sloane Square
Inscribed (on a label affixed to the frame): In a Turkish Garden
Inscribed (on the frame): No. 5 (stenciled) / 3 (in pencil) / 15 (in chalk)
Inscribed (on a label affixed to the frame): Ernest Alden, 39 King's Road, Sloane Square
Inscribed (on a label affixed to the frame): In a Turkish Garden
ProvenanceNotesProbably offered for sale at the Ranken show at the Goupil Gallery, London for 25 guineas in February 1911, lot 15.
Probably offered for sale at the Ranken show at the gallery of Messrs. T. & R. Annan & Sons, Glasgow for 25 guineas in December 1911, lot 20.
Probably offered for sale at the Ranken show at the Royal Institution, Liverpool for 25 guineas in May 1914, lot 10.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the gallery Doll & Richards, Boston for $300 on 3 February 1917, possibly through artist John Singer Sargent (1856-1925).
Probably offered for sale at the Ranken show at the gallery of Messrs. T. & R. Annan & Sons, Glasgow for 25 guineas in December 1911, lot 20.
Probably offered for sale at the Ranken show at the Royal Institution, Liverpool for 25 guineas in May 1914, lot 10.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the gallery Doll & Richards, Boston for $300 on 3 February 1917, possibly through artist John Singer Sargent (1856-1925).
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