Art Institute of Chicago

Still Life with Queen

Gabriele Münter · 1912

Provenance

Ownership history

The artist, Munich; sold to Arthur Jerome Eddy (1859-1920), Chicago, 1914 [Barnett 2022]; by descent to his wife Lucy O. Eddy (1863-1931) and son Jerome O. Eddy (1891-1951), Chicago, 1920; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1931.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

Exhibitions

Exhibition history

Munich, Der neue Kunstsalon Dietzel, G. Münter, Kollektiv-Ausstellung, March–April 1913 (traveled to Dresden, Frankfurt, and Stuttgart), cat. 21.
Art Institute of Chicago, The Arthur Jerome Eddy Collection of Modern Paintings and Sculpture, Dec. 22, 1931–Jan. 17, 1932, cat. 13.
Art Institute of Chicago, A Century of Progress Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture, June 1–Nov. 1, 1933, cat. 761.
South Bend, IN, Art Gallery, University of Notre Dame, The German Expressionists and Their Contemporaries: 50 Years of Fantasy and Frenzy, Dec. 7, 1969–Feb. 15, 1970, cat. 84a.
Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, German and Austrian Expressionism: Art in a Turbulent Era, Mar. 10–Apr. 30, 1978, no cat. no.
St. Petersburg, FL, Museum of Fine Arts, Expressionism and Its Legacy: German Art from 1905 to the Present: The Frankfurter Kunstkabinett Hannah Bekker vom Rath, Jan. 19–Feb. 24, 1980, cat. 9.
Cambridge, MA, Harvard University, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gabriele Münter, between Munich and Murnau, Sept. 25–Nov. 8, 1980, cat. 47; Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Art Museum, Nov. 22, 1980–Jan. 18, 1981.
Munich, Städtischen Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Gabriele Münter, 1877–1962: Retrospektive, July 29–Nov. 1, 1992, cat. 118; Frankfurt, Schirn Kunsthalle, Nov. 29–Feb. 10, 1993; Stockholm, Liljevalchs Konsthall, Apr. 4–May 31, 1993.
Milwaukee, Milwaukee Art Museum, Gabriele Münter: The Years of Expressionism, 1903-1920, Dec. 5, 1997–Mar. 1, 1998, aat. 65; Columbus OH, Columbus Museum of Art, Apr. 18–June 21, 1998; Richmond, VA, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, July 31–Sept. 21, 1998; San Antonio, TX, Marion Koogler McNay Art Museum, Nov. 3, 1998–Jan. 3, 1999.
New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Gabriele Münter: Contours of a World, Nov. 7, 2025-Apr. 26, 2026, no cat. no.

Literature

Published references

Art Institute of Chicago, The Arthur Jerome Eddy Collection of Modern Paintings and Sculpture, exh. cat. (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1931), 22, cat. 13.
Art Institute of Chicago, A Century of Progress Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture, exh. cat. (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1933), 82, cat. 761.
Peter Selz, German Expressionist Painting (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1957), 209, pl. 89.
Art Institute of Chicago, Paintings in the Art Institute of Chicago: A Catalogue of the Picture Collection (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1961), 342.
The German Expressionists and Their Contemporaries: 50 Years of Fantasy and Frenzy, exh. cat. (South Bend, IN.: University of Notre Dame, Art Gallery, 1969), n.p., cat. 84a.
German and Austrian Expressionism: Art in a Turbulent Era, exh. cat. (Chicago: Museum of Contemporary Art, 1978), 29, no cat. no.
Expressionism and Its Legacy: German Art from 1905 to the Present: The Frankfurter Kunstkabinett Hannah Bekker vom Rath, exh. cat. (St. Petersburg, FL.: Museum of Fine Arts, 1980), n.p., cat. 9.
Anne Mochon, Gabriele Münter, between Munich and Murnau, exh. cat. (Cambridge, MA.: Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University, 1980), 51, cat. 47 (color ill.).
Annegret Hoberg, Gabriele Münter, 1877–1962: Retrospektive, exh. cat. (München: Prestel, 1992), 40, 65, cat. 118 (color ill.).
James Wood, Treasures of 19th- and 20th-Century Painting, the Art Institute of Chicago (New York: Abbeville Press, 1993), 207 (color ill.).
Reinhold Heller, Gabriele Münter: The Years of Expressionism, 1903-1920, exh. cat. (Munich and New York: Prestel, 1997), 109, cat. 65 (color ill.).
Annegret Hoberg, Gabriele Münter (Munich and New York: Prestel, 2003), 28, 29, 76, pl. 42 (color ill.), as Stilleben mit Königin.

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