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1879 · Art Institute of Chicago

Acrobats at the Cirque Fernando (Francisca and Angelina Wartenberg)

Pierre-Auguste RenoirWikidata

painting by Pierre-Auguste Renoir

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Date
1879Wikidata
Art Institute of Chicago: 1879
Medium
Oil on canvasArt Institute of Chicago
Wikidata: Oil paint on canvas
Dimensions
131.2 × 99.2 cmArt Institute of Chicago
Wikidata: 131.2 × 99.2 cm
Gallery
Gallery 201Art Institute of Chicago
Genre
genre artWikidata
Materials
oil paint, canvasWikidata
Inventory no.
1922.440Wikidata
Credit line
Potter Palmer CollectionArt Institute of Chicago

Provenance

Where it has been

  1. 1892 –
    Potter Palmer
    high confidenceWikidata · owned by
  2. Dates unknown
    Bertha Palmer
    medium confidenceWikidata · owned by
  3. Dates unknown
    Art Institute of Chicago
    medium confidenceWikidata · collection
  4. Dates unknown
    Potter Palmer Collection
    medium confidenceWikidata · collection

Exhibition historyArt Institute of Chicago

Paris, Offices of La vie moderne, Cinquième exposition de La vie moderne, P.-A. Renoir, June 19–July 3, 1879, no cat. Paris, 251, rue Saint-Honoré, Salons du Panorama de Reischoffen, 7me exposition des artistes independants [seventh Impressionist exhibition], Mar. 1–31, 1882, no cat. no. New York, American Art Galleries, Works in Oil and Pastel by the Impressionists of Paris, Apr. 10–28, 1886, cat. 209; New York, National Academy of Design, May 25–June 30, 1886, as Au Cirque. Paris, Durand-Ruel, Exposition A. Renoir, May 1892, cat. 3, as Au Cirque. Cambridge, Mass., Fogg Art Museum, Exhibition of French Painting of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Mar. 6–Apr. 7, 1929, cat. 80 (ill.). Northampton, Mass., Smith College Museum of Art, One Picture Exhibition, Oct. 29–Nov. 29, 1932, no cat. Art Institute of Chicago, Children’s Museum, Circus Scenes, Dec. 2–19, 1932, no cat. Art Institute of Chicago, “A Century of Progress”: Loan Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture, May 23–Nov. 1, 1933, cat. 351 (ill.). Art Institute of Chicago, “A Century of Progress”: Loan Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture for 1934, June 1–Oct. 31, 1934, cat. 240. Baltimore Museum of Art, A Survey of French Painting, Nov. 23, 1934–Jan. 1, 1935, cat. 33 (ill.). Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute, A Survey of French Painting, Apr. 2–May 14, 1936, cat. 42. Cleveland Museum of Art, The Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition: The Official Art Exhibit of the Great Lakes Exposition, June 26–Oct. 4, 1936, cat. 302. New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Renoir: A Special Exhibition of His Paintings, May 18–Sept. 12, 1937, cat. 15 (ill.). Art Institute of Chicago, The Masterpiece of the Month: Two Little Circus Girls, by August Renoir (French, 1841–1919), Jan. 3–31, 1939, no cat. Paris, Musée de l’Orangerie, De David à Toulouse Lautrec: Chefs-d’oeuvre des collections américaines, Apr. 20–July 3, 1955, cat. 46 (ill.). Art Institute of Chicago, Paintings by Renoir, Feb. 3–Apr. 1, 1973, cat. 24 (ill.). Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute, Celebration: Inaugural Exhibition of the Sarah Scaife Gallery of the Museum of Art, Oct. 26, 1974–Jan. 5, 1975, cat. 7 (ill.). Tokyo, Seibu Museum of Art, Shikago bijutsukan insho-ha ten [The Impressionist tradition: Masterpieces from the Art Institute of Chicago], Oct. 18–Dec. 17, 1985, cat. 33 (ill.); Fukuoka Art Museum, Jan. 5–Feb. 2, 1986; Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Mar. 4–Apr. 13, 1986. Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art, The New Painting: Impressionism, 1874–1886, Jan. 17–Apr. 6, 1986, cat. 134 (ill.); Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, Apr. 19–July 6, 1986 (San Francisco only). Leningrad [St. Petersburg], Hermitage Museum, Ot Delakrua do Matissa: shedevry frantsuzskoĭ zhivopici XIX-nachala XX veka, iz Muieia Metropoliten v Niu-Ĭorke i Khudozhestvennogo Instituta v Chikago [From Delacroix to Matisse: Great Paintings From the XIX century to the Beginning of the XXth century From Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the Art Institute of Chicago], March 15-May 19, 1988, cat. 21; Moscow, Pushkin Museum, June 10-July 30, 1988. Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago’s Dream, a World’s Treasure: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1893–1993, Nov. 1, 1993–Jan. 9, 1994, no cat. no. Ottawa, National Gallery of Canada, Renoir’s Portraits: Impressions of an Age, June 27–Sept. 14, 1997, cat. 35 (ill.); Art Institute of Chicago, Oct. 17, 1997–Jan. 4, 1998; Fort Worth, Tex., Kimbell Art Museum, Feb. 8–Apr. 26, 1998. Fort Worth, Tex., Kimbell Art Museum, The Impressionists: Master Paintings from the Art Institute of Chicago, June 29–Nov. 2, 2008, cat. 26 (ill.). New York, Frick Collection, Renoir, Impressionism, and Full-Length Painting, Feb. 7–May 13, 2012, cat. 44 (ill.). London, National Gallery, Discover Degas and Miss La La, June 6–Sep. 1, 2024, cat. 28.
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