
Art Institute of Chicago
North River Shad
William Merritt Chase · c. 1910
Provenance
Ownership history
- Arthur H. Marks (1874-1939), Akron, OH; sold to the Friends of American Art, Art Institute of Chicago, 1914; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1914.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- Dallas Art Association, American Art from the Days of the Colonists Until Now (Third Annual Exhibition), Nov. 16–30, 1922, no. 29.
- Milwaukee Art Institute, <em>An Exhibition of Forty Paintings Presented to the Art Institute of Chicago by the Friends of American Art</em>, Mar. 1–29, 1925, cat. 9.
- San Francisco, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, <em>Exhibition of Paintings: Collection of the Friends of American Art</em>, June 26–July 26, 1926, cat. 3.
- Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Selection of American Paintings Purchased by the Friends of American Art and Presented to the Art Institute of Chicago, Nov–Dec. 1926.
- Chicago, Garfield Park Art Galleries, <a href="https://www.artic.edu/exhibitions/5706/garfield-park-art-galleries-exhibition-of-greek-sculptures-and-american-paintings"><em>Exhibition of Greek Sculptures and American Paintings Lent by the Art Institute of Chicago</em></a>, Nov. 5, 1935–Mar. 3, 1936, cat.
- Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, The Centennial Exposition, Department of Fine Arts, June 6–Nov. 29, 1936, no. 23.
- Champaign, University of Illinois, Architecture Building Gallery, <em>American Paintings from the Permanent Collection of the Art Institute of Chicago</em>, Dec. 3–29, 1939, no cat.
- Kalamazoo, MI, Civic Theatre, <em>Paintings from the Friends of American Art Collection,</em> Dec. 27, 1944–Feb. 27, 1945, no cat. (organized by the Kalamazoo Institute of Art).
- IN, South Bend Art Association, <em>American Painting in the Manner of the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries</em>, Feb. 10–Mar. 31, 1948, cat. 15.
- Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, The One Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary Exhibition, Jan. 15–Mar. 13, 1955, no. 57.
- Southampton, New York, Parrish Art Museum, William Merritt Chase 1849–1916, June 30–July 27, 1957, no. 103.
Literature
Published references
- Milwaukee Art Institute, <em>Catalogue of an Exhibition of Forty Paintings Presented to the Art Institute of Chicago by the Friends of American Art</em>, exh. cat. (Milwaukee Art Institute, 1925), n.p., cat. 9.
- Cornelia B. Sage Quinton, <em>Exhibitions of Paintings: Collection of the Friends of American Art</em>, exh. cat. (California Palace of the Legion of Honor, 1926), n.p., cat. 3.
- Robert J. Dunham, <em>Exhibition of Greek Sculptures and American Paintings Lent by the Art Institute of Chicago</em>, exh. cat. (Chicago Park District, 1935), n.p., cat.
- James Murray Haddow, <em>American Painting in the Manner of the Late Ninteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries</em>, exh. cat. (South Bend Art Association, 1948), n.p., cat. 15.
- Judith A. Barter, et al., <em>The Age of American Impressionism: Masterpieces from the Art Institute of Chicago</em> (Art Institute of Chicago, 2011), cat. 61.
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