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Inspiration

Gustave Moreau · c. 1893

Provenance

Ownership history

Galerie Allard et Noël, Paris [Paris 1998]. Esnault-Pelterie [invoice]. Baron Edmond de Rothschild (1845-1934), Paris [invoice]. Sold, Christie's, London, March 22, 1983, lot 108. Sold by Margo Pollins Schab Inc., New York, to the Art Institute, 1985.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

Exhibitions

Paris, Galerie Georges Petit, "Gustave Moreau," May 1906, cat. 55.
Kunsthaus Zurich, "Gustave Moreau Symbolist," March 14-May 25, 1986, cat. 135.
New York, The Frick Collection, "From Pontormo to Seurat: Drawings Recently Acquired by The Art Institute of Chicago," April 23-July 7, 1991, n.p., cat. 57; traveled to The Art Institute of Chicago, September 10, 1991-January 5, 1992.
Tokyo, Musée National d'Art Occidental, "Gustave Moreau," March 21-May 14, 1995, cat. 18; also traveled to Kyoto, the Musée National d'Art Moderne, May 23-July 9, 1995.
Paris, Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, "Gustave Moreau (1826-1898)," September 28, 1998-January 4, 1999, cat 132 (ill.); traveled to The Art Institute of Chicago, February 10-April 25, 1999; and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, June 7-September 9, 1999, cat. 132.
The Art Institute of Chicago, "Strange Realities: The Symbolist Imagination", October 4, 2025 - January 5, 2026.

Literature

Pierre-Louis Mathieu, Gustave Moreau, with a Catalogue of the Finished Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings (New York, 1976), no. 405a (ill.).
Alan Artner, "Three Important Pieces Acquired by the Art Institute," The Chicago Tribune (February 27, 1986), p. 9e.
Richard Brettell, French Salon Artists 1800-1900 (Chicago, 1987), pp. 103, 105 and 119 (ill.).
The Art Institute of Chicago, Treasure from the Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago, 2000), p. 219 (ill.).

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