Art Institute of Chicago

Loving Cup

Arthur J. Stone · 1919

Provenance

Ownership history

Albert Warren Kelsey (1840-1921) and Jeannette Garr Washburn Kelsey (1850-1931; m. 1869), Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania, 1919; by descent to their son Albert Kelsey (1870-1942); by descent to his son Albert Wasburn Kelsey (1900-1973), 1942-1973; by descent to his wife, Mrs. Gerald E. Ensign, 1973-79; with Gebelein Silversmiths, Boston, by 1979; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1979.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

Exhibitions

Library of the Boston Athenaeum, Arthur J. Stone: Handwrought Silver, 1901–1937, Aug. 17–Sept. 30, 1981, cat. 72.
Art Institute of Chicago, <a href="https://www.artic.edu/exhibitions/7484/a-decade-of-decorative-arts-the-antiquarian-society-of-the-art-institute-of-chicago">A Decade of Decorative Arts: The Antiquarian Society of The Art Institute of Chicago</a>, Nov. 12, 1986–Jan. 4, 1987, cat. 77.
Boston Athenaeum, Arthur Stone: Master Silversmith, Nov. 21, 1994–Jan. 6, 1995, cat. 144; New York, Bard Graduate Center, Mar. 12–May 7, 1995; Williamstown, Clark Art Institute, June 4–July 30, 1995.

Literature

Elenita C. Chickering, Arthur J. Stone: Handwrought Silver, 1901–1937, exh. cat. (Library of the Boston Athenaeum, 1981), 16, cat. 72, pl. 17 (ill.).
Milo M. Naeve, et al., A Decade of Decorative Arts: The Antiquarian Society of The Art Institute of Chicago, exh. cat. (Art Institute of Chicago, 1986), 98–99, cat. 77 (ill.).
Boston Athenaeum, Arthur J. Stone, Master Silversmith, exh. cat. (American Federation of Arts, 1994), cat. 144.
Judith A. Barter, Elizabeth McGoey, et al., American Silver in the Art Institute of Chicago (Yale University Press, 2016), cat. 83 (ill.).
Elizabeth McGoey, ed., American Silver in the Art Institute of Chicago (Art Institute of Chicago, 2018), <a href="https://publications.artic.edu/americansilver/reader/collection/section/6">https://publications.artic.edu/americansilver/reader/collection/section/6</a>, cat. 83 (ill.).

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