Art Institute of Chicago
Christopher Columbus
Victor Brauner · 1938/39
Provenance
Ownership history
- The artist; Julien Levy (1906-1981), New York and later Bridgewater, CT, by 1972 [Paris 1972]; sold, Sotheby’s auction, lot 115. Albert A. Robin (1912-2007), Chicago, by 1985 [Chicago 1985]; given to the Art Institute, 2004.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, Dada and Surrealism in Chicago Collections, December 1, 1984–January 27, 1985, p. 121.
Literature
Published references
- Musée national d’art moderne, Victor Brauner: June 2–September 25, 1972 exh. cat. (Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1972), n.p.
- Dawn Ades, et al., In the Mind’s Eye: Dada and Surrealism (Chicago: Museum of Contemporary Art, 1985), p. 121 (ill.).
- Didier Semin, Victor Brauner (Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1990), pp. 288 (ill.), 314, as Christophe Colomb.
- Camille Morando and Sylvie Patrie, eds., Victor Brauner, écrits et correspondances, 1938-1948: les archives de Victor Brauner au Musée national d'art moderne (Paris: Centre Pompidou, 2005), 316.
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