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Panel from bedcover
Made by: Marguerite Zorach (American, 1887–1968)
American
1925–28
Object Place: United States
Medium/Technique
Linen and wool, embroidered
Dimensions
Height x width: 90 1/2 x 71 5/8 in. (229.8 x 182 cm) (Maximum dimensions)
Credit Line
Frank B. Bemis Fund
Accession Number1992.352
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionPolychrome wool embroidered on linen. Scene depics God and four angels looking down on the pursuits of the artist's family on sea and land. Includes two figures on large sail boat below large fish. Other scenes of figures in landscape. SIGNED: MADE FOR HELEN HOOPER BROWN AND LATHROP BROWN IN THE YEARS 1925-1925 BY MARGUERITE ZORACH. Condition: Good, linen slightly soiled, especially top edge; tack holes around edges. Originally made to be part of a bed cover with 1992.351
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. The bedspread originally had three additional side 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.
NOTES:
[1] According to undated notes in the curatorial file. The bedspread originally had three additional side 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.
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