
Art Institute of Chicago
Forest at Martigues
André Derain · 1908
Provenance
Ownership history
- Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, Paris, probably acquired directly from the artist, by 1912 [London 1912; letter from Galerie Louise Leiris, Sept. 4, 1976, copy in curatorial file]; sold to Arthur Jerome Eddy (1859–1920), Chicago, Mar. 2, 1913 [Brown 1988]; by descent to his wife Lucy O. Eddy (1863-1931) and son Jerome O. Eddy (1891-1951), Chicago, 1920; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1931.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- London, Grafton Galleries, Second Post-Impressionist Exhibition, October 5–December 31, 1912, cat. 12, as La Forêt.
- New York, Armory of the 69th Infantry, International Exhibition of Modern Art (Armory Show), February 17–March 15, 1913, cat. 343, as La forêt a Martigues [sic]; traveled to Art Institute of Chicago, March 24–April 16, 1913, cat. 94, as The forest at Martignes [sic].
- Chicago, Arts Club, A Selected Group of American and French Paintings, November 21–December 12, 1921, cat. 13.
- Art Institute of Chicago, Exhibition of Paintings from the Collection of the late Arthur Jerome Eddy, September 19–October 22, 1922, n.p., cat. 18.
- Art Institute of Chicago, The Arthur Jerome Eddy Collection of Modern Paintings and Sculpture, December 22, 1931–January 17, 1932, pp. 6, 10, 12, 13 (ill.), cat. 3.
- Art Institute of Chicago, A Century of Progress: Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture Lent from American Collections, June 1–November 1, 1933, p. 78, cat. 682.
- Cincinnati Museum of Art, Pictures for Peace, March 18–April 16, 1944, n.p., cat. 6 (ill.).
- University of Chicago, Administration Building, 1948–1949.
- University of Chicago, February 21–March 15, 1957.
- Utica, NY, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Armory Show: 50th Anniversary Exhibition, February 17–March 31, 1963, pp. 80 (ill.), 188, cat. 343; traveled to New York, Armory of the 69th Regiment, April 6–28, 1963.
- East Lansing, Mich., Kresge Art Center Gallery at Michigan State University, The Turn of the Century, April 10–May 4, 1964, n.p. (cat. 31, ill.), as Forest at Martiques, 1908 or 1909.
- Paris, Centre national d’art et de culture Georges Pompidou, Musée national d’art moderne, Paris–New York, June 1–September 19, 1977, pp. 279 (ill), 284 (ill.), 676, as La forêt à Martigues.
Literature
Published references
- Grafton Galleries, Second Post-Impressionist Exhibition exh. cat. (London: Grafton Galleries, 1912), cat. 12, as La Forêt.
- Armory of the 69th Infantry, International Exhibition of Modern Art (Armory Show) exh. cat. (New York, 1913), cat. 343, as La forêt a Martigues [sic].
- Art Institute of Chicago, International Exhibition of Modern Art (Armory Show) exh. cat. (Chicago, 1913), cat. 94, as The forest at Martignes [sic].
- Eddy, Arthur Jerome, Cubists and Post-Impressionists (Chicago: A. C. McClurg and Co., 1914), p. 69, opp. p. 154 (ill.).
- Arts Club, A Selected Group of American and French Paintings exh. cat. (Chicago: Arts Club, 1921), cat. 13.
- Art Institute of Chicago, Exhibition of Paintings from the Collection of the late Arthur Jerome Eddy exh. cat. (Art Institute, 1922), n.p., cat. 18.
- Art Institute of Chicago, The Arthur Jerome Eddy Collection of Modern Paintings and Sculpture exh. cat. (Art Institute, 1931), cat. 3, pl. 13.
- Art Institute of Chicago, A Century of Progress: Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture Lent from American Collections exh. cat. (Art Institute, 1933), p. 78, cat. 682.
- Vaughan, Malcolm, Derain (New York: Hyperion Press, 1941), p. 49.
- Siple, Walter H., Pictures for Peace exh. cat. (Cincinnati Museum of Art, 1944), n.p., cat. 6 (ill.).
- Werner, Alfred, “The Tragedy of André Derain,” Arts XXXII (January 1958), pp. 22–25 (ill.).
- Art Institute of Chicago, Paintings in The Art Institute of Chicago: A Catalogue of the Picture Collection (Art Institute, 1961), pp. 124–5.
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