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Machinist's Apprentice
Emma Stebbins · c. 1859
Provenance
Ownership history
- Private collection, by early 1980s; Sotheby's, New York, Apr. 1998; Conner & Rosenkranz, Apr. 1998; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2000.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- Huntington, NY, Heckscher Museum of Art, <em>Emma Stebbins: Carving Out History</em>, Sept. 28, 2025–Mar. 15, 2026, no cat. no.
Literature
Published references
- Sarah E. Kelly, “Machinist and Machinists’ Apprentice,” <em>Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies</em> 30, 1 (2004), 10–11 (ill.), <a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/4129901">https://www.jstor.org/stable/4129901</a>.
- Karli Wurzelbacher, ed., <em>Emma Stebbins: Carving Out History</em>, exh. cat. (Hecksher Museum of Art, 2025), 22–23, 102, 185, pl. 6 (ill.).
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