Eagle by Wilhelm Schimmel
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Eagle

Wilhelm Schimmel · 1865–90

Provenance

Ownership history

  1. Elizabeth Vaughan (born Tyson, 1871–1949), South Berwick, ME, and Sherborn, MA, by 1949 [incoming permanent receipt R9946, Jan. 11, 1950; copy in curatorial object file]; bequeathed to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1950.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

Exhibitions

Exhibition history

  • Art Institute of Chicago, <em>Photography + Folk Art: Looking for America in the 1930s</em>, Sept. 21, 2019–Jan. 19, 2020, no cat.

Literature

Published references

  • Alan R. Sawyer, "American Folk Art," <em>The Art Institute of Chicago Quarterly</em> 47, no. 1 (Feb. 1, 1953): 11–14 (ill.).
  • Milo M. Naeve, American Art and the Great Seal, Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago (1973–1982), v. 70, no. 4 (July–August 1976), 2–12 (ill.).
  • Anita Gold, Collectibles Chicago Tribune, Section 15, November 18, 1990, 17 (ill.).
  • Judith A. Barter and Monica Obniski, "<em>For Kith and Kin: The Folk Art Collection at the Art Institute of Chicago</em>," (Art Institute of Chicago/Yale University Press, 2012) no. 50.
  • Karla Klein Albertson, "Photography + Folk Art," <em>Antiques and the Arts Weekly</em>, Nov. 19, 2019, <a href="https://www.antiquesandthearts.com/photography-folk-art">https://www.antiquesandthearts.com/photography-folk-art</a>, ill.

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