Coverlet

1. Frances Smalley Babbitt (1847–1929), Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, MI [note in curatorial file dated 5/9/1984]; sold to Frank W. Gunsaulus (1856-1921), Chicago, by 1911 [Ledger Book 1900–1913 in curatorial file; Davison and Mayer-Thurman 1973, p. 98]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1911.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

• Art Institute of Chicago, American Coverlets, July 14–Oct. 14, 1973.
• Art Institute of Chicago, Agnes Allerton Gallery, Coverlets from the Permanent Collection, Apr. 4–July 5, 1981.
• Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, The American Bed and Its Coverings, Nov. 21, 1990–Mar. 31, 1991.

• "Collection of American Coverlets," Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago 4, 4 (Apr. 1911): 62 (discussed; not illustrated).
• Bessie Bennett, "Some American Coverlets; Gunsaulus Collection," Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago 23, 8 (Nov. 1929): 128.
• Christa C. Mayer-Thurman, “American Coverlets,” Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago 67, 4 (July–Aug. 1973): 76, fig. 4 (ill.).
• Mildred Davison and Christa C. Mayer-Thurman, Coverlets: A Handbook on the Collection of Woven Coverlets in The Art Institute of Chicago, exh. cat. (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1973), 98, no. 71.

Nightlife

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Self-Portrait

Art Institute of Chicago

Rose Bowl

Art Institute of Chicago

Birmingham, from the series "Time of Change"

Art Institute of Chicago

Three Girls and Boy in a Room; Boy and Girl Kissing in Another Room, from the series "Brooklyn Gang"

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Boy and Girl at Cigarette Vending Machine, from the series "Brooklyn Gang"

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Dr. Frank W. Gunsaulus

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Shelf Clock

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