Portrait of a Woman by John Wollaston
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Portrait of a Woman

John Wollaston · 1749–52

Provenance

Ownership history

  1. Private collection, England. Private collection, United States, by 1953; with Hills Jewelers, Piermont, NY, by Nov. 1953 [this and the following according to Stock Books, 1951-1953, 42–43, box 17, folder 3, Victor D. Spark papers, circa 1830-1983, bulk 1930-1970, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, <a href="https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/victor-d-spark-papers-7451/subseries-4-2/box-17-folder-4">https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/victor-d-spark-papers-7451/subseries-4-2/box-17-folder-4</a>, accessed Oct. 13, 2022]; sold to Victor D. Spark (1898–1991), New York, Hirschl and Adler Gallery, New York, and possibly Graham Gallery, New York, by Nov. 1953 [the sale, divided in 1/3 shares among each of these parties, accompanied another portrait by the same artist, Portrait of a Young Man, 1749/52 (1953.463)]; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1953.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

Exhibitions

Exhibition history

  • Art Institute of Chicago, <a href="https://www.artic.edu/exhibitions/4071/two-centuries-of-american-art-1750-1950"><em>Two Centuries of American Art, 1750-1950</em></a>, Oct. 1, 1959–Jan. 10, 1960, no cat. [downloadable checklist available].

Literature

Published references

  • <em>Paintings in the Art Institute of Chicago: A Catalogue of the Picture Collection</em> (Art Institute of Chicago, 1961), 485 (ill.).
  • David R. Hanks, "American Paintings at the Art Institute of Chicago," <em>The Magazine Antiques 104</em> (Sept. 1973): 410 (ill).
  • Ulysses G. Dietz, <em>American Art in The Newark Museum: Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture</em> (Newark, NJ: The Newark Museum, 1981), 397.

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