Antwerp by Georges Braque
Art Institute of Chicago

Antwerp

Georges Braque · 1906

Provenance

Ownership history

  1. The artist; Galerie Kahnweiler, Paris, after 1907 to before 1914 [Kahnweiler photo no. 1031; Isarlov 1932]. Possibly sold through Fine Arts Associates, New York to Mr. S. M. Lubitsch, New York, Nov. 1951. Mr. and Mrs. William Bedford, Copenhagen, by 1956 [London 1956]; Mrs. N. Bedford, New York [Chicago 2000]; sold to Nathan Cummings (1896–1985), Chicago, Mar. 29, 1963 [Sara Lee Corporation records]; the Sara Lee Corporation, Chicago, after 1982 and by 1986 [Corporation records mentioned above; Grunwald 1982; Brettell 1986]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, Sept. 13, 1999.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

Exhibitions

Exhibition history

  • Arts Council of Great Britain and Edinburgh Festival Society (organizer), G. Braque, pp. 26 (cat. 5), n.p. (pl. 12a, ill.), as Antwerp, summer 1906; traveled to Edinburgh, Royal Scottish Academy, August 18–September 15, 1956; and London, Tate Gallery, September 28–November 11, 1956.
  • Chicago, Art Institute, Chicago Collectors, September 20–October 27, 1963, pp. 3, 49 (pl. 38, ill.), as Antwerp, 1905-07.
  • Minneapolis, Institute of Arts, Paintings from the Cummings Collection, January 14–March 7, 1965, n.p. (ill.), as Anvers, 1905-1907.
  • Davenport, Iowa, Davenport Municipal Art Gallery, Collection of Masterpieces—Courtesy of Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Cummings, March 21–April 11, 1965, n.p., cover (ill.), as Anvers, 1905-1907.
  • Detroit, First National Building, City National Bank, Paintings from the Cummings Collection, January 20–February 2, 1966, n.p. (ill.), as Anvers, 1905-1907.
  • New London, Conn., Lyman Allyn Museum, Paintings and Sculpture from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Cummings, January 19–February 18, 1968, n.p., as Anvers, 1905-1907.
  • Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art, Selections from the Nathan Cummings Collection, June 28–September 11, 1970, pp. 62 (cat. 47, ill.), 95, as Antwerp; traveled to New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Summer Loan 1971 Paintings from New York Collections: Nathan Cummings Collection, July 1–September 7, 1971, p. 1 (cat. 3), as Antwerp, 1906.
  • Chicago, Art Institute, Major Works from the Collection of Nathan Cummings, October 20–December 9, 1973, p. 51 (cat. 42, ill.), as Antwerp, 1906.
  • Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Fauve Landscape, October 4–December 30, 1990, pp. 93 (pl. 103, ill.), 269, as Anvers (Antwerp), summer 1906; traveled to New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, February 19–May 5, 1991; and London, Royal Academy of Arts, June 10–September 1, 1991.
  • Sydney, Art Gallery of New South Wales, The Fauves, December 8, 1995–February 18, 1996, p. 34 (cat. 2), 35 (ill.), as Antwerp, summer 1906; traveled to Melbourne, National Gallery of Victoria, February 29–May 13, 1996.
  • Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Fauvism: “Wild Beasts,” June 6–August 31, 1996, pp. 21 (ill.), 22 (cat. 2), as Antwerp/Anvers, summer 1906.
  • Laren, The Netherlands, Singer Museum, The Sara Lee Collection: An Impressionist Legacy, October 18, 1997–February 15, 1998.

Literature

Published references

  • Isarlov, George, Georges Braque (Paris: José Corti, 1932), pp. 13 (no. 2), 14, as Anvers.
  • “Exposition Georges Braque au Musée des Beaux-Arts de Bâle,” Cahiers d’art 8, 1–2 (1933), p. 11 (ill.).
  • Cooper, Douglas, G. Braque, exh. cat. (London: Arts Council of Great Britain, 1956), pp. 26 (cat. 5), n.p. (pl. 12a, ill.), as Antwerp, summer 1906.
  • Art Institute, Chicago Collectors, exh. cat. (Chicago: Art Institute, 1963), pp. 3, 49 (pl. 38, ill.), as Antwerp, 1905-07.
  • Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Paintings from the Cummings Collection, exh. cat. (Minneapolis: Institute of Arts, 1965), n.p. (ill.), as Anvers, 1905-1907.
  • Davenport Municipal Art Gallery, Collection of Masterpieces—Courtesy of Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Cummings, exh. cat. (Davenport: Municipal Art Gallery, 1965), n.p., cover (ill.), as Anvers, 1905-1907.
  • Paintings from the Cummings Collection, exh. cat. (Detroit: City National Bank, 1966), n.p. (ill.), as Anvers, 1905-1907.
  • Lyman Allyn Museum, Paintings and Sculpture from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Cummings, exh. cat. (New London, Conn.: Lyman Allyn Museum, 1968), n.p. (ill.), as Anvers, 1905-1907.
  • National Gallery of Art, Selections from the Nathan Cummings Collection, exh. cat. (Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 1970), pp. 62 (cat. 47, ill.), 95, as Antwerp, 1906.
  • Metropolitan Museum of Art, Summer Loan 1971 Paintings from New York Collections: Nathan Cummings Collection, exh. cat. (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1971), p. 1 (cat. 3), as Antwerp, 1906.
  • Art Institute, Major Works form the Collection of Nathan Cummings, exh. cat. (Chicago: Art Institute, 1973), p. 51 (cat. 42, ill.), as Antwerp, 1906.
  • Martin, Alvin Randolph III, “Georges Braque: Stylistic Formation and Transition, 1900–1909” (Ph.D. dissertation, Harvard University, 1979), pp. 52, 53, 56, 69, 315, 333 (fig. 17, ill.), as Port of Antwerp/Port (Harbor), Antwerp.

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