Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Emily Crane ChadbourneCC0 (public domain) · 1,821 × 2,250 px · Art Institute of Chicago · IIIF
c. 1885 · Art Institute of Chicago
Tight-Rope Walker
painting by Jean Louis Forain
In the picture
- Date
- c. 1885WikidataArt Institute of Chicago: c. 1885
- Medium
- Oil on canvasArt Institute of ChicagoWikidata: Oil paint on canvas
- Dimensions
- 46.2 × 38.2 cmArt Institute of ChicagoWikidata: 46.2 × 38.2 cm
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago, ChicagoWikidata
- Gallery
- Gallery 226Art Institute of Chicago
- Materials
- oil paint, canvasWikidata
- Inventory no.
- 1951.208Wikidata
- Credit line
- Gift of Emily Crane ChadbourneArt Institute of Chicago
Provenance
Where it has been
- 1951 –Art Institute of Chicagohigh confidenceWikidata · collection
Exhibition historyArt Institute of Chicago
Art Institute of Chicago, A Century of Progress: Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture, June 1–November 1, 1933, cat. 264.
Springfield, Massachusetts, Museum of Fine Arts, Jean-Louis Forain, 1852–1931: Exhibition of Paintings, April 15–May 20, 1956, cat. 7.
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Variations on a Theme by Artists of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, August 4–30, 1959, cat. 20; traveled to San Francisco, California Palace of Legion of Honor, September 12–October 12, 1959.
New York, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Jean-Louis Forain, 1852–1931, March 7–April 1, 1967, cat. 21.
Ann Arbor, Michigan, University of Michigan Museum of Art, The Crisis of Impressionism, 1878–1882, November 2, 1979–January 6, 1980, cat. 20.
Milwaukee Art Museum, Center Ring: The Artist, Two Centuries of Circus Art, May 7–June 28, 1981, cat. 37; traveled to Columbus Museum of Art, August 30–October 11, 1981; Albany, New York, New York State Museum, December 11, 1981–March 7, 1982; Washington, D.C., The Corcoran Gallery of Art, April 24–June 6, 1982.
Tokyo, Seibu Museum of Art, The Impressionist Tradition: Masterpieces from The Art Institute of Chicago, October 18–December 17, 1985, cat. 32; traveled to Fukuoka, Fukuoka Art Museum, January 5–February 2, 1986 and Kyoto, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, March 4–April 13, 1986.
Frankfurt, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Die Eroberung der Strasse: von Monet bis Grosz, June 15–September 3, 2006.
Essen, Germany, Museum Folkwang, Bilder einer Metropole: Die Impressionisten in Paris, October 2, 2010–January 30, 2011, cat. 23.
Paris, Petit Palais, Jean-Louis Forain (1852–1931): La comédie parisienne, March 10–June 5, 2011, cat. 64; traveled to Memphis, Tennessee, The Dixon Gallery and Gardens, June 26–October 9, 2011, cat. 70.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Seurat's Circus Sideshow, February 15-May 29, 2017, no cat. no., fig. 27
Identifiers & sources+
- Art Institute of Chicago110867
- Wikimedia CommonsJean Louis Forain - Tight-Rope Walker - 1951.208 - Art Institute of Chicago.jpg
- inventory number1951.208
- WikidataQ20268552
- Fame rank#68984 (0 Wikipedia articles)







