Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The Museum Year 2009

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Guitar (catalog model 49)

about 1932
Stromberg-Voisenet Company
Overall: 92.5 x 33.7 x 9.6cm (36 7/16 x 13 1/4 x 3 3/4in.)
Birch, spruce, basswood, rosewood, ebony, ivory, mother-of-pearl, plastic, steel, brass, nickel silver

Classification: Musical instruments

Object Place: Chicago, Illinois, United States

Accession number: 2009.2415

Provenance/Ownership History: By 1994, Michael Newton, Fresno, California; November 25, 1994, sold by Newton to Michael Wright, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; 2009, sold by Wright to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 27, 2009)

Museum purchase with funds donated by Michael and Nancy Wolfe in memory of Raphaela (Rae) DiPietro