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1910s · Art Institute of Chicago

Champs de Mars, the Red Tower

Robert DelaunayWikidata

painting by Robert Delaunay

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Date
1910s (known to the decade)Wikidata
Art Institute of Chicago: 1911/23
Medium
Oil on canvasArt Institute of Chicago
Wikidata: Oil paint on canvas
Dimensions
160.7 × 128.6 cmArt Institute of Chicago
Wikidata: 160.7 × 128.6 cm
Gallery
Gallery 392Art Institute of Chicago
Genre
cityscapeWikidata
Materials
canvas, oil paintWikidata
Inventory no.
1959.2Wikidata
Credit line
Joseph Winterbotham CollectionArt Institute of Chicago

Provenance

Where it has been

  1. Dates unknown
    Tarsila do Amaral
    medium confidenceWikidata · owned by
  2. 1959 –
    Art Institute of Chicago
    high confidenceWikidata · collection

Exhibition historyArt Institute of Chicago

Paris, Galerie Barbazanges, Les Peintres R. Delaunay, Marie Laurencin, February 28–March 13, 1912, cat. 5. Berlin, Galerie der Sturm, XII Ausstellung: R. Delaunay, Ardengo Soffici, Julie Baum, February 1913, cat. 1. Budapest, Museum House, International Post-Impressionist Exhibition, April–May 1913, cat. 41. São Paolo, Brazil, Conservatório Dramático e Musical, June 12, 1924. São Paolo, Brazil, Sociedade Pro Arte Moderna, Primero Exposição de Arte Moderna da Sociedade pro Arte Moderna: Pintura, Escultura, Arquitetura, 1933 (ill.), as Torre Eiffel. Paris, Orangerie des Tuileries, Robert Delaunay (1885–1941), May 25–August 30, 1976, pp. 21 and 54, cat. 29 (ill.); traveled to Baden-Baden, Staatliche Kunsthalle, September 17–November 7, 1976. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Futurism and the International Avant-Garde, October 26, 1980–January 4, 1981, cat. 84 (ill.). Nagaoka, Japan, Niigata Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, Masterworks of Modern Art from The Art Institute of Chicago, April 20–May 29, 1994, pp. 92–93, cat. 24 (ill.); traveled to Nagoya, Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, June 10–July 24, 1994, and Yokohama Museum of Art, August 6–September 25, 1994. New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Visions of Paris: Robert Delaunay's Series, January 16–April 25, 1998, pp. 32–33, and 35, cat. 30 (ill.); traveled to Berlin, Deutsche Guggenheim, November 7, 1997–January 4, 1998. Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou, Robert Delaunay 1906–1914: De L’Impressionisme à Abstraction, June 3, 1999–August 16, 1999, pp. 137 and 147 (ill.). Madrid, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Robert y Sonia Delaunay, 1905–1941, October 8, 2002–January 12, 2003, pp. 154–155, cat. 55 (ill.). Fort Worth, Kimbell Art Museum, The Age of Picasso and Matisse: Modern Masters from the Art Institute of Chicago, Oct. 6, 2013–Feb. 16, 2014, no cat. no.  São Paulo, Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo, Visões da Arte no Acervo do Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo: 1900-1950, Oct. 4, 2017–June 14, 2018. Zürich, Kunsthaus Zürich, Robert Delaunay and the City of Lights, Aug. 31–Nov. 18, 2018.
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