
Art Institute of Chicago
Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler
Pablo Picasso · autumn 1910
Provenance
Ownership history
- Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler (1884–1979), Paris, acquired directly from the artist; sold, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, June 13–14, 1921, 1st Kahnweiler sequestration sale, lot. 84, as Portrait, to Isaac Grünewald (1889–1946), Paris, to at least 1925 [letter from Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, Sept. 30, 1975, in curatorial object file; Der Querschnitt 1925]. Earl Horter (1880-1940), Philadelphia, by c. 1929–1930 [Philadelphia 1999]; sold to Mrs. Charles Goodspeed (née Elizabeth Fuller, later Mrs. Gilbert W. Chapman; 1893–1980), Chicago, 1934 [letter from Mrs. Gilbert W. Chapman, Oct. 27, 1975, in curatorial object file]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, Dec. 14, 1948.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Museum of Art, The Earl Horter Collection, Feb. 17–Mar. 13, 1934, no cat.; traveled to Chicago, Arts Club, Apr. 3–26, 1934, cat. 53.
- Chicago, Arts Club, Loan Exhibition of Modern Paintings and Drawings from Private Collections in Chicago, Nov. 4–25, 1938, cat. 101.
- New York, Museum of Modern Art, Picasso: Forty Years of His Art, Nov. 15, 1939–Jan. 17, 1940, cat. 96 (ill.); Chicago, Art Institute, Feb. 1–Mar. 3, 1940; and Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, Apr. 26–May 25, 1940.
- New York, Museum of Modern Art, 20th Century Portraits, Dec. 9, 1942–Jan. 24, 1943, p. 141; Baltimore Museum of Art, Feb. 12–Mar. 7, 1943; Worcester Art Museum, Mar. 24–Apr. 18, 1943.
- Chicago, Art Institute, Gallery of Art Interpretation: Presenting the Art Institute's Picassos, Sept.–Dec. 1955, no cat.
- New York, Sidney Janis Gallery, Cubism 1910–1912, Jan. 3–Feb. 4, 1956, cat. 28 (ill.).
- New York, Museum of Modern Art, Picasso: 75th Anniversary Exhibition, May 22–Sept. 8, 1957, p. 39 (ill.); traveled to Chicago, Art Institute, Oct. 29–Dec. 8, 1957.
- Philadelphia Museum of Art, Picasso, Jan. 8–Feb. 23, 1958, cat. 54 (ill.).
- New York, Saidenberg Gallery, Picasso: An American Tribute—Cubism, Apr. 25–May 12, 1962, cat. 2 (ill.).
- Paris, Petit Palais, Hommage a Pablo Picasso, Nov. 1966–Feb. 1967, cat. 71 (ill.).
- Chicago, Art Institute, Picasso in Chicago, February 3–Mar. 31, 1968, cat. 16 (ill.).
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Cubist Epoch, Dec. 15, 1970–Feb. 21, 1971, cat. 234; New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Apr. 7–June 7, 1971.
Literature
Published references
- Marius de Zayas, “Pablo Picasso,” América: Revista mensual illustrada (May 1911), p. 365 (ill.).
- Gertrude Stein, “Pablo Picasso,” Camera Work (August 1912), n.p. (ill.).
- Marius de Zayas and Paul B. Haviland, A Study of the Modern Evolution of Plastic Expression (New York: Gallery 291, 1913) (ill.).
- Guillaume Apollinaire, Les peintres Cubistes (1913).
- Albert C. Barnes, “Cubism: Requiescat in Pace,” Arts and Decoration 6:3 (January 1916), p. 123 (ill.).
- Annuaire des Ventes III (October 1920–July 1921), p. 127.
- L’Amour de l’Art 2 (1921), p. 228.
- Kunstchronik und Kunstmarkt vol. 32, pt. 2, no. 44 (July 29, 1921), p. 814.
- Maurice Raynal, Picasso (Munich, Delphin-Verg, 1921; reprinted, Paris: Crès, 1922), p. 38 (ill.).
- Der Querschnitt 9 (1925), p. 784 (ill.).
- E. Tériade, “Nos Enquêtes: Entretien avec Henry Kahnweiler,” Supplément á la Revue Cahiers d’Art 2 (1927), p. 1 (ill.).
- Henri Mahaut, Picasso (Paris: Les Éditions G. Crés, 1930), pl. 17.
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