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1905 · Art Institute of Chicago
The Commode
painting by Walter Gay
- Date
- 1905WikidataArt Institute of Chicago: 1905–12
- Medium
- Oil on canvasArt Institute of ChicagoWikidata: Oil paint on canvas
- Dimensions
- 66 × 54.6 cmArt Institute of ChicagoWikidata: 66 × 54.6 cm
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago, ChicagoWikidata
- 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
- Dates unknownArt Institute of Chicagomedium confidenceWikidata · collection
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.
Identifiers & sources+
- Art Institute of Chicago69998
- Wikimedia CommonsWalter gay, la commode, 1905-12.jpg
- inventory number1914.357
- WikidataQ20268415
- Fame rank#68909 (0 Wikipedia articles)