Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The Museum Year 2011
The Year
Acquisitions
Art of the Americas: July 2009–June 2011
The Lean Years of Paris (Self Portrait)
1930
Palmer Hayden
45.7 x 33 cm (18 x 13 in.)
Watercolor on paper
Classification: Paintings
Accession number: 2011.1793
Provenance/Ownership History: By 1994, with Unity Works, Culver City, CA; October 1994, sold by Unity Works to John Axelrod, Boston; 2011, sold by Axelrod to the MFA. (Accession date: June 22, 2011)
The John Axelrod Collection—Frank B. Bemis Fund, Charles H. Bayley Fund, and The Heritage Fund for a Diverse Collection