Back to Back
painter
Louis Kronberg
(Boston, 1872 - 1965, Palm Beach)
Date1913
Place MadeFrance, Europe
MediumWatercolor on paper
Dimensions18 x 25 cm (7 1/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberP11e4
eMuseum ID719554
EmbARK ObjectID10829
TMS Source ID96
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.
BibliographyNotesPhilip Hendy. Catalogue of Exhibited Paintings and Drawings (Boston, 1931), p. 196.
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 73. (entitled "Two Girls Back to Back")
Rollin Hadley. “Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 8, no. 37 (16 May 1965), p. 2.
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1974), p. 128.
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 73. (entitled "Two Girls Back to Back")
Rollin Hadley. “Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 8, no. 37 (16 May 1965), p. 2.
Philip Hendy. European and American Paintings in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1974), p. 128.
MarksNotesInscribed (upper right): Grez 1913
Inscribed (lower left): Louis Kronberg. Jan 1st 1914.
Inscribed (lower right): To Mrs. J .L. Gardner.
Inscribed (on the frame): painted at Grez Seine et Marne
Inscribed (lower left): Louis Kronberg. Jan 1st 1914.
Inscribed (lower right): To Mrs. J .L. Gardner.
Inscribed (on the frame): painted at Grez Seine et Marne
ProvenanceNotesGift from Louis Kronberg to Isabella Stewart Gardner on 1 January 1914, Boston.
