A Japanese Tea-House
painter
Ralph Wormeley Curtis
(American, 1854 - 1922)
Date1891
Place MadeUnited States, North America
MediumWatercolor on paper
Dimensions32 x 50 cm (12 5/8 x 19 11/16 in.)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberP11n16
eMuseum ID723201
EmbARK ObjectID10984
TMS Source ID242
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.
BibliographyNotesGilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 71.
Philip Hendy. Catalogue of the Exhibited Paintings and Drawings (Boston, 1931), p. 117
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1974), pp. 68-69 ill.
Hilliard Goldfarb and Susan Sinclair. Isabella Stewart Gardner: Woman and the Myth. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 1994), pp. 16 ill., 34 no. 6
Alan Chong and Noriko Murai. Journeys East: Isabella Stewart Gardner and Asia. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 2009), pp. 23 fig. 12, 48 n. 40.
Philip Hendy. Catalogue of the Exhibited Paintings and Drawings (Boston, 1931), p. 117
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1974), pp. 68-69 ill.
Hilliard Goldfarb and Susan Sinclair. Isabella Stewart Gardner: Woman and the Myth. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 1994), pp. 16 ill., 34 no. 6
Alan Chong and Noriko Murai. Journeys East: Isabella Stewart Gardner and Asia. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 2009), pp. 23 fig. 12, 48 n. 40.
MarksNotesSigned and inscribed (lower left): Mrs. Gardner from her friend Ralph Curtis
ProvenanceNotesGift from the artist to Isabella Stewart Gardner in July 1891.
Ralph Wormeley Curtis
late 19th century
