Coney Island by Joseph Delaney
Art Institute of Chicago

Coney Island

Joseph Delaney · 1932

Provenance

Ownership history

  1. The artist; purchased from him by Derrick Joshua Beard, Chicago; sold to Mr. and Mrs. Clarence S. Wilson, Jr.; given by them to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1991.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

Exhibitions

Exhibition history

  • Art Institute of Chicago, A Century of Collecting: African American Art in the Art Institute of Chicago, Feb. 15–May 18, 2003, no cat.
  • Hartford, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Coney Island: Visions of an American Dreamland, 1861–2008, Jan. 31–May 31, 2015; San Diego Museum of Art, July 17–Oct. 18, 2015; Brooklyn Museum, Nov. 20, 2015–Mar. 13, 2016; San Antonio, McNay Art Museum, May 11–Sept. 11, 2016, cat. 60.

Literature

Published references

  • Andrea D. Barnwell and Kirsten P. Buick, “A Portfolio of Works by African American Artists Continuing the Dialogue: A Work in Progress,” Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 24, 2 (1999), 185–186.
  • Kirsten P. Buick, “Portfolio,” Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 24, 2 (1999), 191–192, no. 3.

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