Hero Construction by Richard Hunt
Art Institute of Chicago

Hero Construction

Richard Hunt · 1958

Provenance

Ownership history

  1. The artist; sold through The Alan Gallery, New York, to the Art Institute of Chicago, Dec. 22, 1958.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

Exhibitions

Exhibition history

  • New York, The Alan Gallery, Richard Hunt, Sept. 29-Oct. 18, 1958, cat. 11.
  • Art Institute of Chicago, Two Centuries of American Art, 1750-1950, Oct. 1, 1959–Jan. 10, 1960, no cat. no.
  • Chicago, McCormick Place, Century of Negro Progress Exhibition, Aug. 16-Sept. 2, 1963, not in cat.
  • Art Institute of Chicago, Art In Illinois, in Honor of the Illinois Sesquicentennial, June 15¬-Sept. 8, 1968, no cat. no.
  • Art Institute of Chicago, Kraft Center: Art Inside Out: Exploring Art and Culture through Time, Sept. 19, 1992–June 16, 1996, no cat.
  • Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, Art in Chicago, 1945–1995, Nov. 1, 1996-Mar. 23, 1997, cat. 38.

Literature

Published references

  • The Alan Gallery, Richard Hunt, exh. cat. (New York: The Alan Gallery, 1958), n.p., cat. 11 (ill.).
  • Art Institute of Chicago, Two Centuries of American Art, 1750-1950, exh. checklist (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1959), 2.
  • Art Institute of Chicago, Art In Illinois, in Honor of the Illinois Sesquicentennial, exh. cat. (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1968), 11.
  • Lynne Warren, Art in Chicago, 1945–1995, exh. cat. (New York: Thames and Hudson; Chicago: Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, 1996), 166, 38 (color ill.) 297.
  • Andrea D. Barnwell and Kirsten P. Buick, “A Portfolio of Works by African American Artists Continuing the Dialogue: A Work in Progress,” Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 24, 2 (1999), 184-185.
  • Kymberly N. Pinder, “Portfolio,” Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 24, 2 (1999), 208-209, no. 19.
  • Steve Johnson, "Art Institute names next chair of governing board," Chicago Tribune, April 14, 2021, 1 (color ill.).
  • LeRonn P. Brooks, Jordan Carter, Adrienne L. Childs, Jon Ott, and John Yau, Richard Hunt (New York: Gregory R. Miller, 2022), 24 (color ill.), 24-25, 27, 28, 33, 36, n. 12 and 19, 47 (ill.), 54, 57, n. 29, 100-101 (color ill.), 281, 325 (ill.), 326, 332, 348, 363.

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