Meditation (Seated Woman) by Adolphe Joseph Thomas Monticelli
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Meditation (Seated Woman)

Adolphe Joseph Thomas Monticelli · c. 1878–79

Provenance

Ownership history

  1. Seth Morton Vose (died 1910), of Vose Galleries, Providence, R. I. [according to letter from Siobhan M. Wheeler, Vose Galleries, to Martha Wolff, dated February 8, 2001]; sold by Vose Galleries to Edward M. Harris, Providence, 1882 [according to letter cited above and Rogers 1937]; sold to Robert C. Vose, Vose Galleries, Boston, as early as 1929 [according to the letter cited above; see also Rogers 1937]; sold by Vose Galleries to Joseph Winterbotham, Jr. (died 1954), Burlington, Vermont, 1945 [according to letter cited above]; bequeathed to the Art Institute in 1954.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

Exhibitions

Exhibition history

  • Newport, R. I., Art Association of Newport, Exhibition of paintings by old and modern masters from the Robert C. Vose Galleries, August 17-September 7, 1929.
  • Kansas City, Mo., exhibition presented by Vose Galleries, September 29-October 31, 1929.
  • Los Angeles, Calif., exhibition presented by Vose Galleries, January 24, 1934.
  • Indianapolis, Ind., John Herron Art Institute, exhibition presented by Vose Galleries, April 1-May 9, 1935.
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, exhibition presented by Vose Galleries, February 12-April 1, 1936.
  • Concord Art Centre, exhibition presented by Vose Galleries, May 15-July 22, 1936.
  • Palm Beach, Fla., Society of the Four Arts, exhibition presented by Vose Galleries, December 28, 1936.
  • Houston Museum of Art, exhibition presented by Vose Galleries, January 28, 1937.
  • Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, exhibition presented by Vose Galleries, February 28-March 21, 1937.
  • Los Angeles, Calif., exhibition presented by Vose Galleries, March 22, 1937.
  • Omaha, Nebr., exhibition presented by Vose Galleries, Joslyn Memorial Art Museum, May 1-June 24, 1937.
  • Richmond, Va., Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, exhibition presented by Vose Galleries, November 30, 1938-January 6, 1939.

Literature

Published references

  • John William Rogers, “Masterpieces from England and France at Museum: Important Works on View Here in Vose Collection,” Dallas Times Herald, March 7, 1937.
  • Art Institute of Chicago, Paintings in the Art Institute of Chicago: a catalogue of the picture collection (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1961), p. 338.

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