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September 1915 · Art Institute of Chicago

The Checkerboard

Juan GrisWikidata

painting by Juan Gris

Wander from here
Date
September 1915 (known to the month)Wikidata
Art Institute of Chicago: 1915
Medium
Oil on canvasArt Institute of Chicago
Wikidata: Oil paint on canvas
Dimensions
92.1 × 73 cmArt Institute of Chicago
Wikidata: 92.1 × 73 cm
Gallery
Gallery 391Art Institute of Chicago
Genre
still lifeWikidata
Materials
oil paint, canvasWikidata
Inventory no.
1956.16Wikidata
Credit line
Through prior gift of Mrs. Leigh B. Block; Ada Turnbull Hertle Endowment FundArt Institute of Chicago

Provenance

Where it has been

  1. Dates unknown
    Art Institute of Chicago
    medium confidenceWikidata · collection

Exhibition historyArt Institute of Chicago

New York, Museum of Modern Art, Juan Gris, Apr. 9–June 1, 1958, no cat. no., as The Checkerboard, Sept. 1915; Minneapolis, Institute of Arts, June 24–July 24, 1958; San Francisco, San Francisco Museum of Art, Aug. 11–Sept. 14, 1958; and Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum, Sept. 29–Oct. 26, 1958 (New York only). San Diego, Fine Arts Gallery, Masters of Modern Spanish Painting: Legacy of Spain, XXth Century, Jan. 2–Mar. 4, 1969, no cat. no., as The Checkerboard, 1915. Paris, Orangerie des Tuileries, Juan Gris, March 14–July 1, 1974, cat. 44, as Le damier, 1915. Nagaoka, Niigata Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, Masterworks of Modern Art from The Art Institute of Chicago, September 1915; Apr. 20–May 29, 1994, cat. 27, as The Checkerboard; Nagoya, Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, June 10–July 24, 1994; Yokohama Museum of Art, Aug. 6–Sept. 25, 1994 (organized by The Art Institute of Chicago and Asahi Shimbun). 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.
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