Abstraction (Guitar and Glass)

1. The artist; Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler (1884–1979), Paris, 1913 [letter from Maurice Jardot of Galerie Louise Leiris, Aug. 1976, in curatorial file]; sold, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 3rd Kahnweiler sequestration sale, July 4, 1922, lot 98, as La Guitare. Flora Schofield (1873-1960), Chicago, by 1927 [Hanzel Galleries 1961]; sold, Hanzel Galleries, Chicago, Feb. 26, 1961, lot 50, to the Art Institute of Chicago.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

• Chicago, Art Institute, A Century of Progress: Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture Lent from American Collections, June 1–November 1, 1933, p. 83 (cat. 775), as Abstraction, 1913.
• Chicago, Art Institute, A Century of Progress: Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture Lent from American Collections, June 1–November 1, 1934, p. 52 (cat. 346) as Abstraction, 1913.
• New York, Jacques Seligmann and Company, Retrospective Loan Exhibition: Juan Gris (1887­1927), November 21–December 10, 1938, n.p. (cat. 1, ill.), as Nature Morte a la Guitare, 1913.
• Chicago, Arts Club, Retrospective Exhibition: Juan Gris (1887­1927), January 3–27, 1939, n.p. (cat. 23), as Nature Morte a la Guitare, 1913.
• Chicago, Arts Club, Variety in Abstraction, March 5–30, 1946, n.p. (cat. 24), as Nature Morte a la Guitare, 1913.
• Cincinnati Modern Art Society (organizers), Juan Gris, n.p. (cat. 7), as Still Life with Guitar, 1913; shown Cincinnati, Art Museum, April 30–May 31, 1948.
• San Francisco Museum of Art, Picasso, Gris, Miro: The Spanish Masters of Twentieth Century Painting, September 14–October 17, 1948, p. 77 (cat. 24, ill.), as Still Life with Guitar, 1913; traveled to Portland, Ore., Art Museum, October 26–November 28, 1948.
• Madrid, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Juan Gris: Paintings and Drawings
• 1910–1927, June 22–September 19, 2005, vol. 1, n.p. (cat. 28, ill.); vol. 2, pp. 41 (ill.), 42, as Guitar and Glass.
• Fort Worth, Kimbell Art Museum, The Age of Picasso and Matisse: Modern Masters from the Art Institute of Chicago, Oct. 6, 2013–Feb. 16, 2014, no cat. no.

• Lang, L. Maurice, Annuaire des Ventes de tableaux, dessins, aquarelles, pastels, gouaches, miniatures 4 (October 1921–July 1922), p. 109, as La Guitare.
• Art Institute, A Century of Progress: Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture Lent from American Collections, exh. cat. (Chicago: Art Institute, 1933), p. 83 (cat. 775), as Abstraction, 1913.
• Art Institute, A Century of Progress: Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture Lent from American Collections, exh. cat. (Chicago: Art Institute, 1934), p. 52 (cat. 346), as Abstraction, 1913.
• Jacques Seligmann and Company, Retrospective Loan Exhibition: Juan Gris (1887-1927), exh. cat. (New York: Jacques Seligmann and Company, 1938), n.p. (cat. 1, ill.), as Nature Morte a la Guitare, 1913.
• Arts Club of Chicago, Retrospective Exhibition: Juan Gris (1887-1927), exh. cat. (Chicago: Arts Club, 1939), n.p. (cat. 23), as Nature Morte a la Guitare.
• Arts Club of Chicago, Variety in Abstraction, exh. cat. (Chicago: Arts Club, 1946), n.p. (cat. 24), as Nature Morte a la Guitar, 1913.
• Cincinnati Modern Art Society, Juan Gris, exh. cat. (Cincinnati: Modern Art Society, 1948), n.p. (cat. 7), as Still Life with Guitar, 1913.
• San Francisco Museum of Art, Picasso, Gris, Miro: The Spanish Masters of Twentieth Century Painting, exh. cat. (San Francisco: Museum of Art, 1948), p. 77 (cat. 24, ill.), as Still Life with Guitar, 1913.
• Aznar, José Camón, “Juan Gris y sus Etapas,” Goya 3 (November–December 1954), p. 158 (fig. 3, ill.), as Guitarra y copa.
• Aznar, José Camón, Picasso y el Cubismo (Madrid: Espasa-Calpe, 1956), p. 58 (fig. 26, ill.), as Guitarra y copa, 1913.
• Hanzel Galleries, Chicago, Important Sale at Public Auction: The Renowned Etching Collection formed by the Late William T. Cresmer, The Collection of Paitntings formed by the Late Flora Schofield, also Paintings the Property of Mr. Arthur G. Levy, February 26, 1961, pp. 10 (lot 50), 17 (ill.), as Still Life with Guitar.
• “Pay $36,000 for Work of Juan Gris,” Chicago Daily Tribune (February 27, 1961), p. A2, as Still Life with Guitar.

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