Self-Portrait
painter
Ignaz Marcel Gaugengigl
(Passau, Bavaria, 1855 - 1932, Boston)
Dateabout 1910
Place MadeUnited States, North America
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions75 x 62 cm (29 1/2 x 24 7/16 in.)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberP3e20
eMuseum ID719596
EmbARK ObjectID10820
TMS Source ID87
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.
BibliographyNotesCatalogue. Fenway Court. (Boston, 1921), p. 1.
Philip Hendy. Catalogue of Exhibited Paintings and Drawings (Boston, 1931), p. 150. (as about 1909)
"Ignace Gaugengigl, Artist, Dies Here: Once Refused to Accept Bequest of $50,000." Boston Herald (3 August 1932).
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 28.
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1974), p. 95, ill. (as presumably about 1910)
John Head. "Framing Society." Social Register Observer (Winter 2001), pp. 90-91, ill. (about 1910)
Philip Hendy. Catalogue of Exhibited Paintings and Drawings (Boston, 1931), p. 150. (as about 1909)
"Ignace Gaugengigl, Artist, Dies Here: Once Refused to Accept Bequest of $50,000." Boston Herald (3 August 1932).
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 28.
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1974), p. 95, ill. (as presumably about 1910)
John Head. "Framing Society." Social Register Observer (Winter 2001), pp. 90-91, ill. (about 1910)
MarksNotesInscribed (upper right): I.M. GAUGENGIGL
Inscribed (on the top of the frame, verso): Prendergast 1909 [date has also been read as "1908"]
Inscribed (on the top of the frame, verso): Prendergast 1909 [date has also been read as "1908"]
ProvenanceNotesPainted for the Tavern Club (founded 1884), Boston about 1910, where it remained until the outbreak of the First World War, when Gaugengigl resigned from the club.
Collection of Gaugengigl, about 1914-1920.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the artist for $2,000 on 12 February 1920.
Collection of Gaugengigl, about 1914-1920.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the artist for $2,000 on 12 February 1920.
