Buddha's Flowers: Lotus, Tokyo

1894

Theodore Wores

Painter, American, 1859 - 1939

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on board

  • Credit Line

    Gift of William and Abigail Gerdts

  • Dimensions

    overall: 31.12 × 23.5 cm (12 1/4 × 9 1/4 in.)
    framed: 40.64 × 33.02 × 3.18 cm (16 × 13 × 1 1/4 in.)

  • Accession

    2018.44.22


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Dr. A. Jess Shenson [1921-2002], San Francisco;[1] gift 1997 to William H. [1929-2020] and Abigail Booth Gerdts, New York;[2] gift 2018 to NGA.
[1] Information about Dr. Shenson is from his obituary in the Stanford Report, 6 March 2002.
[2] Per documention from Abigail Booth Gerdts provided with the gift, in NGA curatorial files.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1985

  • Paintings of Japan by Theodore Wores, Honolulu Academy of Arts, 1985, no catalogue.

1993

  • Theodore Wores: An American Artist in Meiji Japan, Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, no. 25, cover repro.

1998

  • For Beauty and For Truth: The William and Abigail Gerdts Collection of American Still Life, Mead Art Museum, Amherst; Berry-Hill Galleries, New York, 1998, unnumbered catalogue, repro.

Inscriptions

lower left: Theodore Wores.

Wikidata ID

Q63120875


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