
Art Institute of Chicago
Many Mansions
Kerry James Marshall · 1994
Provenance
Ownership history
- The artist; sold through Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, to the Art Institute of Chicago, July 10, 1995.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- Art Institute of Chicago, American Painting and Sculpture 76th Annual: About Place: Recent Art from the Americas, Mar. 11–May 21, 1995, no cat. no.
- Kassel, Germany, Museum Fridericianum, Documenta X, June 21–Sept. 28, 1997, no cat. no.
- Vancouver, Vancouver Art Gallery, Kerry James Marshall, May 8, 2010–Jan. 10, 2011, no cat. no.
- Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Kerry James Marshall: Mastry, Apr. 23–Sept. 25, 2016, cat. 29; New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Oct. 25, 2016–Jan. 29, 2017, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Mar. 12–July 3, 2017.
- London, Royal Academy of Arts, Kerry James Marshall: The Histories, Sept. 20, 2025-Jan. 18, 2026, cat. 22; Kunsthaus Zürich, Feb. 27-Aug. 16, 2026; Paris, Musée d'art moderne de la ville de Paris, Sept.18, 2026-Jan. 24, 2027.
Literature
Published references
- Madeleine Grynsztejn and Dave Hickey, About Place: Recent Art of the Americas, exh. cat. (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1995), 31, 101, pl. 35 (color ill.), 125, pl. 39 (by error).
- Catherine David, Documenta X: Short Guide, exh. cat. (Ostfildern-Ruit: Cantz, 1997), 304.
- Andrea D. Barnwell, “Portfolio,” in Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 24, no. 2 (1999), 81, 82, no. 28 (color ill.).
- James Cuno, Art Institute of Chicago: The Essential Guide (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 2009), 148 (color ill.).
- James Cuno, Master Paintings in the Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 2009), 165 (color ill.).
- Jessie L. Whitehead, “Invisibility of Blackness: Visual Responses of Kerry James Marshall” Art Education 62, no. 2 (March 2009): 36, fig. 2 (ill.).
- Jeff Wall and Kathleen S Bartels, Kerry James Marshall, exh. cat. (Vancouver: Vancouver Art Gallery, 2010), 24-25 (color ill.), 49.
- Helen Molesworth, Ian Alteveer, Dieter Roelstraete, Lanka Tattersall, Kerry James Marshall: Mastry, exh. cat. (Chicago: Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago; New York: Skira Rizzoli Publications, 2016), 35, (color ill.), 50, fig. 19 (color ill., detail), 134-35, cat. 29 (color ill.), 262.
- Charles Gaines, Greg Tate, and Laurence Rassel, Kerry James Marshall (London: Phaidon Press Ltd, 2017), 56 (color ill.), 158.
- James Rondeau, Paintings at the Art Institute of Chicago: Highlights of the Collection (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 2017), 169 (color ill.).
- Benjamin Buchloh, Aria Dean, Darby English, Mark Godfrey, Madeleine Grynsztejn, Cathérine Hug, Nikita Sena Quarshie, and Rebecca Zorach, Kerry James Marshall: The Histories, exh. cat. (London: Royal Academy of Arts, 2025), 62, 63 (color ill.), cat. 22, 66-67, cat. 22 (color ill.).
- James Rondeau, Paintings at the Art Institute of Chicago: Highlights of the Collection (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 2025), 186 (color ill.).
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