
Art Institute of Chicago
Gray Interior (aka Gray Morning)
Romare Howard Bearden · 1969
Provenance
Ownership history
- Sold by Cordier & Ekstrom, Inc., New York, to Ralph (1914–1994) and Fanny (née McConnell, 1911–2005) Ellison, New York, July 16, 1970; Ralph and Fanny Ellison Charitable Trust, New York; sold, Christie's, New York, May 9, 2012, lot 123. Sold by Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York, to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2019.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- São Paulo, Brazil, Museu de Arte de São Paulo, Histórias Afro-Atlânticas, June 28–Oct. 21, 2018, vol. I, pp. 105, 135, fig. 203, 396.
- The Art Institute of Chicago, "Beyond Form: Abstraction at Midcentury", June 27 - October 19, 2026.
Literature
Published references
- M. Bunch Washington, The Art of Romare Bearden: The Prevalence of Ritual (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1973), pp. 156–57, pl. 62.
- Adriano Pedrosa, et. al., Aftro-Atlantic Histories, (New York: Del Monico Books, 2022), p. 1131, 166, pl. 136 (ill).
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