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1905 · Art Institute of Chicago

The Commode

Walter GayWikidata

painting by Walter Gay

Wander from here

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Date
1905Wikidata
Art Institute of Chicago: 1905–12
Medium
Oil on canvasArt Institute of Chicago
Wikidata: Oil paint on canvas
Dimensions
66 × 54.6 cmArt Institute of Chicago
Wikidata: 66 × 54.6 cm
Gallery
Gallery 273Art Institute of Chicago
Materials
oil paint, canvasWikidata
Inventory no.
1914.357Wikidata
Credit line
Friends of American Art CollectionArt Institute of Chicago

Provenance

Where it has been

  1. Dates unknown
    Art Institute of Chicago
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Exhibition historyArt Institute of Chicago

New York, Wildenstein Galleries, Paintings by Walter Gay of Paris, –Mar. 29, 1913, cat. 3. NY, Albright Art Gallery, Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, Exhibition of Oil Paintings and Water Colors by Walter Gay, 1913, cat. 5, as La Commode. MN, Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester, Exhibition of Works by the Late Robert Lee MacCameron and a Collection of Oil Paintings and Water Colors by Walter Gay of Paris, Nov. 7–Dec. 3, 1913, cat. 47 or 74, as La Commode. Detroit Museum of Arts, Exhibition of Oil Paintings and Water Colors by Walter Gay, Feb. 1–15, 1914, cat. 5 or 6, as La Commode. Art Institute of Chicago, Exhibition of Oil Paintings and Water Colors by Walter Gay, Mar. 24–Apr. 6, 1914, cat. 5, as La Commode. New York, E. Gimpel and Wildenstein, An Exhibition of Paintings and Water Colors by Walter Gay, Feb. 17–Mar. 6, 1920, cat. 28, as The Yellow Chair. San Diego, Museum of Art, Mar–May 1926. Evanston, IL, Orrington Hotel, Exhibition of Ninteen Paintings from the Friends of American Art Collection, Oct. 1926, no cat. (organized by the University Guild). Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Selection of American Paintings Purchased by the Friends of American Art and Presented to the Art Institute of Chicago, Nov. 10–Dec. 1926, no cat. Omaha, NE, Joslyn Memorial Museum, Joslyn Memorial Opening Exhibition, Nov. 29–Dec. 1931, no. 9. Art Institute of Chicago, A Century of Progress: Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture, May 23–Oct. 31, 1933, cat. 548. Chicago, Garfield Park Art Galleries, Exhibition of Greek Sculptures and American Paintings Lent by the Art Institute of Chicago, Nov. 5, 1935–Mar. 3, 1936, cat. 9. Art Institute of Chicago, Half a Century of American Art, Nov. 16, 1939–Jan. 7, 1940, cat. 64. Kalamazoo, MI, Civic Theatre, Paintings from the Friends of American Art Collection, Dec. 27, 1944–Feb. 27, 1945, no cat. (organized by the Kalamazoo Institute of Art). IN, South Bend Art Association, American Painting in the Manner of the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries, Feb. 10–Mar. 31, 1948, cat. 24. WI, Madison Art Association, Exhibition of Traditional Paintings from the Art Institute, Mar. 1956, no cat. Art Institute of Chicago, Two Centuries of American Art, 1750-1950, Oct. 1, 1959–Jan. 10, 1960, no cat. [downloadable checklist available]. Grey Art Gallery, New York University, Walter Gay: A Retrospective, Sept. 16–Nov. 1, 1980, cat. 81. Pittsburgh, Frick Art Museum, Impressions of Interiors: Gilded Age Paintings by Walter Gay, Oct. 5, 2012–Jan. 6, 2013; Palm Beach, FL, Henry Morrison Flagler Museum, Jan. 29–Apr. 21, 2013. Art Institute of Chicago, John Singer Sargent and Chicago’s Gilded Age, July 1–Sept. 30, 2018, cat. 80.
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