Embroidered panel (joined side panels from bed cover)
Marguerite Zorach
(American, 1887–1968)
1925–28
Object PlaceUnited States
Medium/TechniquePolychrome wool embroidered on linen
DimensionsOverall: 136.8 x 231.5cm (53 7/8 x 91 1/8in.)
Credit LineFrank B. Bemis Fund
Accession number1992.351
On View
Not on viewClassificationsTextiles
Collections
ProvenanceAbout 1925-28, commissioned by Mrs. Lathrop Brown (Helen Hooper Brown), Boston [see note 1]. By about 1982, with Maddie Sadofski of Thanks For the Memories shop, Los Angeles, CA [see note 2]; sold by Sadofski to the MFA (Accession date: June 24, 1992)
NOTES:
[1] According to undated notes in the curatorial file. This piece is made up of two side panels from the original bedspread commission. The bedspread originally had three additional panels, which were cut off at an unknown date (possibly by the artist), but definitely after 1930, when the piece was published intact in "The Embroideries of Marguerite Zorach," Marya Mannes, International Studio, March 1930, pp. 29-33 (location not specified). Two of the side panels were joined to make 1992.351.
[2] According to Tessim Zorach (the artist's son), the bedspread was not in the inventory of Zorach items in Mrs. Lathrop Brown's collection, which encompassed pieces "in a warehouse in New York for about 30 years." It is unclear when this inventory was completed. Further notes indicate that Sadofski had purchased 1992.351-352 about ten years before acquisition by the MFA.
Copyright© The Zorach Collection LLCNOTES:
[1] According to undated notes in the curatorial file. This piece is made up of two side panels from the original bedspread commission. The bedspread originally had three additional panels, which were cut off at an unknown date (possibly by the artist), but definitely after 1930, when the piece was published intact in "The Embroideries of Marguerite Zorach," Marya Mannes, International Studio, March 1930, pp. 29-33 (location not specified). Two of the side panels were joined to make 1992.351.
[2] According to Tessim Zorach (the artist's son), the bedspread was not in the inventory of Zorach items in Mrs. Lathrop Brown's collection, which encompassed pieces "in a warehouse in New York for about 30 years." It is unclear when this inventory was completed. Further notes indicate that Sadofski had purchased 1992.351-352 about ten years before acquisition by the MFA.
late 17th–early 18th century
late 17th–early 18th century
18th or 19th century
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