Abram Piatt Andrew, Jr.
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Anders Zorn
(Mora, 1860 - 1920, Mora)
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A. Piatt Andrew
(La Porte, Indiana, 1873 - 1936, Gloucester, Massachusetts)
Date1911
Place MadeSweden, Europe
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions60 x 44 cm (23 5/8 x 17 5/16 in.)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberP3s18
eMuseum ID717900
EmbARK ObjectID10971
TMS Source ID230
Last Updated8/9/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryA. Piatt Andrew and his home called Red Roof were the center of a lively group of friends living on Eastern Point in Gloucester, Massachusetts. Isabella Stewart Gardner, who was a frequent guest of Andrew’s, commissioned this portrait from the Swedish artist Anders Zorn. Zorn painted Andrew’s red tie—a code used by urban gay men to recognize one another—with a few bold brushstrokes.
BibliographyNotesGilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 29.
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston,1974), pp. 298-300.
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), pp. 33-35.
Oliver Tostmann et al. Anders Zorn: A European Artist Seduces America. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 2013), pp. 168-69, fig. 92.
Aurora Daniel, "Isabella and the American Field Service During World War I," Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 9 November 2021, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/isabella-and-american-field-service-during-world-war-i
R. Tripp Evans, "A Piatt Andrew, the 'A' to Mrs. Gardner's 'Y,'" Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 25 June 2024, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/piatt-andrew-mrs-gardners-y
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston,1974), pp. 298-300.
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), pp. 33-35.
Oliver Tostmann et al. Anders Zorn: A European Artist Seduces America. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 2013), pp. 168-69, fig. 92.
Aurora Daniel, "Isabella and the American Field Service During World War I," Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 9 November 2021, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/isabella-and-american-field-service-during-world-war-i
R. Tripp Evans, "A Piatt Andrew, the 'A' to Mrs. Gardner's 'Y,'" Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 25 June 2024, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/piatt-andrew-mrs-gardners-y
MarksNotesSigned (upper right): Zorn
ProvenanceNotesCommissioned by Isabella Stewart Gardner from Anders Zorn, 1911.
