Buddha's Flowers: Lotus, Tokyo
1894
Painter, American, 1859 - 1939

Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on board
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Credit Line
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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