Elaine by Toby Edward Rosenthal
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Elaine

Toby Edward Rosenthal · 1874

Provenance

Ownership history

  1. The artist, Munich, Germany, 1874; sold to Mrs. Robert C. Johnson, San Francisco, Fall 1874; sold to Mr. Boardman, New York, c. 1885; sold to Mr. Joseph Rosenberg, Heidelberg, Germany, May 1887; sold to Mrs. Maurice Rosenfeld, Chicago, c. 1891; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1917.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

Exhibitions

Exhibition history

  • Berlin, Germany, Konigliche Academie der Kunst, Verzeichnisse der Werke lebender kunstler ausgestellt in den Salen des Konig, Sept. 6–Nov. 1, 1874, no. 669.
  • Boston, Elilot, Blakeslee & Noyes Gallery, Jan–Feb. 1875.
  • San Francisco, Snow and May Gallery, Mar. 30–Apr. 10, 1875.
  • Philadelphia, Centennial Exhibition of 1876, 1876, no. 177.
  • San Francisco, Snow & Company, Mar. 1885.
  • Urbana, College of Fine and Applied Arts, University of Illinois, <em>Paintings from the Nickerson Collection, Extended Loan</em>, Dec. 20, 1920 – Nov. 22, 1949.
  • Evanston, Illinois, Scott Hall, Northwestern University, Apr. 2–9, 1954.
  • Cincinnati Art Museum, Munich & American Realism in the 19th Century, Apr. 20–May 28, 1978; Milwaukee Art Center, July 13–Aug. 27, 1978; Sacramento, E.B. Crocker Art Gallery, Oct. 28–Dec. 10, 1978.
  • Detroit Institute of Arts, The Quest for Unity: American Art between World's Fairs, 1876–1893, Aug. 22–Oct. 30, 1983, cat. 11.

Literature

Published references

  • Walt M. Fisher, "Toby Rosenthal: How He Became a Painter," Overland Monthly 14, 3 (March 1875), 284–87.
  • Charles W. Stoddard, "A Note from Abroad," Overland Monthly 15, 6 (December 1875) p. 589.
  • Benjamin E. Lloyd, "Light and Shades of San Francisco" (Bancroft & Co., 1876), 416–19.
  • unknown, "The Jew in San Francisco: the Last Half of the Century," Overland Monthly, 25 (April 1895), 381–410.
  • Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago, IV (October 1910) p. 27.
  • Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago, XI (February 1917), 272, 278.
  • Eugene Neuhaus, "The History and Ideals of American Art" (Stanford University Press, 1931), 154–55.
  • Gene Hailey, ed. "California Art Research"
  • (1936–37) vol. 3.
  • William M. Kramer and Norton B. Stern, "The Great "Elaine" Robbery: The Crime Against Civilization," Journal of the West, 10, 4 (October 1971),585–95.
  • William M. Kramer and Norton B. Stern, "Toby E. Rosenthal: San Francisco's Artist" (Santa Susana Press, 1978).

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