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Julio de Diego · 1941
Provenance
Ownership history
- The artist; by descent to his daughter, Kiriki Metzo (1928–2019; born di Diego) and his grandson, Vincent Metzo, Woodstock, New York; Fletcher Gallery, Woodstock, New York, 1996; Powell and Barbara Bridges, Wilmette IL, 1996; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2009.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- Art Institute of Chicago, 53rd Annual Exhibition of Artists of Chicago and Vicinity, Oct. 29–Dec. 10, 1942, cat. 36.
- Chicago and Springfield, Illinois State Museum, Chicago Painting 1895–1945, the Bridges Collection, 2004, cat. 32.
- Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Art in Chicago––Resisting Regionalism, Transforming Modernism, Feb. 9–Apr. 2, 2006, no. 27.
- Springfield, Illinois State Museum, Chicago Painting 1895–1945, the Bridges Collection, 2007–08.
Literature
Published references
- Annual Report (Art Institute of Chicago, 2008–09), p.16.
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