Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The Museum Year 2012
The Acquisitions
Prints, Drawings, and Photographs: July 2011–June 2012
Franciscan Friars
about 1928
Emile Bernard
Sheet: 26 x 15.9 cm (10 1/4 x 6 1/4 in.)
Brown ink and brown wash
Classification: Drawings
Accession number: 2011.1764
Provenance/Ownership History: About 1960, acquired in Boston, probably from the Carl Siembab Gallery, by Golda Edinburg, Boston; 2010, gift of Golda Edinburg to her niece, Jo-Ann Pinkowitz, Newton, MA; 2011, gift of Jo-Ann Pinkowitz to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 21, 2011)
Gift of Jo-Ann Edinburg Pinkowitz and Richard Pinkowitz in honor of Clifford S. Ackley