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A Clump of Trees
Constant Troyon · c. 1860
Provenance
Ownership history
- Possibly sold in the sale of the artist, Paris, Pillet, January 22–February 1, 1866 [claimed by Art Institute of Chicago 1961 but not possible to verify]. Henry Field (died 1890), Chicago; his widow Mrs. Florence Lathrop Field; given to the Art Institute, 1894.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- Chicago Historical Society, A City Comes of Age: Chicago in the 1890s, October 24, 1990-July 14, 1991.
Literature
Published references
- “Drift of the Dog Days,” The Collector 4, 16 (1893), p. 247.
- Art Institute of Chicago, Catalogue of Paintings, Sculpture and Other Objects in the Museum (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1894), p. 57, no. 38.
- “The Henry Field Memorial Collection,” Art Amateur 31, 6 (1894), p. 115.
- “Art Institute of Chicago: II – Modern Paintings: The Henry Field Collection,” Art Amateur 32, 1 (1894), p. 19.
- Art Institute of Chicago, Annual Report of the Trustees for the Year Ending June 4, 1895 (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1895), p. 37, no. 38.
- Art Institute of Chicago, Catalogue of Objects in the Museum (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1895), p. 68, no. 38.
- Art Institute of Chicago, Catalogue of Objects in the Museum (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1896), p. 74, no. 38.
- Art Institute of Chicago, Catalogue of Objects in the Museum (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1898), p. 95, no. 38.
- “Chicago, ILL.: The Art Institute of Chicago,” in American Art Annual 1898 (London: Macmillan & Co., 1899), p. 140, no. 38.
- Art Institute of Chicago, General Catalogue of Objects in the Museum (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1901), p. 163, no. 138.
- Frederick Clifton Pierce, Field Genealogy, vol. 2 (Chicago: Hammond Press, 1901), p. 713, no. 38.
- N. Hudson Moore, “The Barbizon School II,” The Chautauquan 36 (1903), p. 504.
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