Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The Museum Year 2011
The Year
Acquisitions
Art of the Americas: July 2009–June 2011
Portrait of Hudson
1932
Lois Mailou Jones
61 x 45.7 cm (24 x 18 in.)
Oil on canvas
Classification: Paintings
Accession number: 2011.1796
Provenance/Ownership History: Collection of the artist; by 1994, with Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York; October 1994, sold by Michael Rosenfeld Gallery 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