
Art Institute of ChicagoPublic domain
After a Summer Shower
George Inness · 1894
Provenance
Ownership history
- Sold, American Art Galleries, American Art Association, New York, to Thomas B. Clarke, 1899; Emerson McMillin, New York, 1899; Reinhardt Galleries, Chicago, 1911; sold to Edward B. Butler, Chicago, 1911; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1911.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- New York, Union League Club, Exhibition of Paintings, Dec. 1894, no. 67.
- New York, Manhattan Club, Paintings Loaned by Members, Mar. 19–23, 1896, no. 1.
- New York, Union League Club, The Paintings of Two Americans, Mar. 10–12, 1898, no. 25.
- New York, Lotos Club, Exhibition of Paintings from the Collection of Mr. Emerson McMillin, Mar. 29–31, 1902, no. 18.
- Chicago, Henry Reinhardt Galleries, An Exhibition of Eighteen Pictures by the American Master of Landscape Painting, the Late George Inness, 1911, no. 1.
- Art Institute of Chicago, <a href="https://www.artic.edu/exhibitions/4071/two-centuries-of-american-art-1750-1950"><em>Two Centuries of American Art, 1750-1950</em></a>, Oct. 1, 1959–Jan. 10, 1960, no cat. [downloadable checklist available].
- Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Directions in Twentieth Century American Painting, 1961, no. 7.
- The Grand Rapids Art Museum, Themes in American Painting, 1977, no. 45.
- Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum, Millet and Modern Art: From Van Gogh to Dalí, Oct. 4, 2019–Jan. 12, 2020; St. Louis Art Museum, Feb. 12–May 17, 2020 (St. Louis only), no cat. no., 147, fig 152 (ill.).
Literature
Published references
- Michael Quick, George Inness, a Catalogue Raisonne, vol. 2 (Rutgers University Press, 2007), no. 1140, pl. 248.
- Moira Harris et al., "Minnesota Modern: Four Artists of the Twentieth Century," (Afton Press, 2015), (ill.).
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