Art Institute of Chicago

Nice

Léopold Survage · 1916

Analyst brief

What the record supports

"Nice," painted by Léopold Survage in 1916, is an oil on canvas measuring 110.5 × 89.6 cm (43 1/2 × 35 1/4 in.). Classified as oil on canvas and part of the Modern Art department, the artwork is associated with French culture. The catalogue data does not specify the subject matter or style of the painting.

The provenance details that the artist, Léopold Survage, originally held the work in Paris. It was with The Arts Club of Chicago by February 9, 1925, and then probably sold to Frederick C. Bartlett by 1926. Mima de Manziarly Porter received it by 1929, and subsequently bequeathed it to the Art Institute of Chicago in 1989, which is also cited as the source for this catalogue information.

"Nice" was exhibited at The Arts Club of Chicago in "Paintings and Water Colors by Léopold Survage" from February 9–28, 1925. The work has also been documented in several publications, including "The Glistening Bridge: Léopold Survage and the Spatial Problem in Painting" by Samuel Putnam in 1929, and Maxilien Gauthier's "Survage" in 1953.

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Provenance

Ownership history

The artist (1879–1968), Paris; with The Arts Club of Chicago, by Feb. 9, 1925 [Chicago 1925]; probably sold to Frederick C. Bartlett (1873-1953), Chicago, by 1926 [Jan. 28, 1926 letter from Robert Allerton to Alice Roullier and Mrs. George F. Porter Collection Checklist, copies in curatorial object file]; given to Mima de Manziarly Porter (1897-1988), Chicago, New York, and later Ojai, CA, by 1929 [Putnam 1929]; bequeathed to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1989.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

Exhibitions

Exhibition history

Chicago, The Arts Club of Chicago, Paintings and Water Colors by Léopold Survage, Feb. 9–28, 1925, cat. 11.

Literature

Published references

The Arts Club of Chicago, Paintings and Water Colors by Léopold Survage, exh. cat. (Chicago: The Arts Club of Chicago, 1925), n.p., cat. 11 (not ill.).
Samuel Putnam, The Glistening Bridge: Léopold Survage and the Spatial Problem in Painting (New York: Covici-Friede, 1929), ix, 31, pl. 8 (ill.), as Nice, 1916.
Maxilien Gauthier, Survage (Paris: Les Gemeaux, 1953), n.p. (ill.), as Nice, 1916.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Annual Report (1989–1990), 51 (not ill.).

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