Man with a Pen by Jonas Welch Holman
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Man with a Pen

Jonas Welch Holman · 1827–30

Provenance

Ownership history

  1. Philadelphia Collection; sold to Downtown Gallery / American Folk Art Gallery, New York, NY, by 1938; sold to Robert Allerton, Chicago, 1938; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1946.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

Exhibitions

Exhibition history

  • Chicago Merchandise Mart, 1950 (from object file).
  • Chicago, Carson Pirie Scott & Co.: window display, Apr. 11–30, 1952.
  • Chicago, Charles A. Stevens Store, Mar. 27–May 27, 1956.
  • Art Institute of Chicago, <em>Photography + Folk Art: Looking for America in the 1930s</em>, Sept. 21, 2019–Jan. 19, 2020, no cat.

Literature

Published references

  • Art Institute of Chicago, Calendar 1983, May/June 1983, p. 3 (ill.).
  • Judith A. Barter and Monica Obniski, "<em>For Kith and Kin: The Folk Art Collection at the Art Institute of Chicago</em>," (Art Institute of Chicago/Yale University Press, 2012) no. 26.
  • Elizabeth McGoey and Elizabeth Siegel, "Photography + Folk Art at the Art Institute of Chicago," The Decorative Arts Trust Magazine (Summer 2019): 16, fig. 4 (ill.).
  • Karla Klein Albertson, "Photography + Folk Art," <em>Antiques and the Arts Weekly</em>, Nov. 19, 2019, <a href="https://www.antiquesandthearts.com/photography-folk-art">https://www.antiquesandthearts.com/photography-folk-art</a>, ill.

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