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Apotheosis of Franklin (Furnishing Fabric)
Valentine Green · c.1785
Provenance
Ownership history
- Colony Shops, New York, by May 7, 1924 [incoming receipt, R1655, May 7, 1924; copy in curatorial object file]; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1924.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Catalogue of a Retrospective Exhibitions of Painted and Printed Fabrics, May 16-Sept. 11, 1927.
- New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Benjamin Franklin and his Circle, 1936.
- London, Victoria and Albert Museum, Loan Exhibition of English Chintz, May 18-July 17, 1960.
- Baltimore Museum of Art, Blue Traditions: Indigo Dyed Textiles and Related Cobalt Glazed Ceramics from the 17th through the 19th Century, Dec. 4, 1973-Jan. 20, 1974.
- Cambridge, MA, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Benjamin Franklin: A Perspective, Apr. 17-Spet. 22, 1975.
- Toile de Jouy Museum, Musée Oberkampf, L'Histoire vue à travers La Toile Imprimée Apr. 27-July 28, 1981.
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