
Art Institute of Chicago
The Actress Consuelo
Ignacio Zuloaga · 1901
Provenance
Ownership history
- The artist, Madrid; Gustav Pauli and Philipp Sparkuhle, Bremen, 1901 [this and the following according to email correspondence with Brigitte Reuter, Apr. 11, 2025, in curatorial object file]; sold to the Kunsthalle Bremen, 1904. Collection Weissberger, Madrid, 1921-1922. John Levy Galleries, New York, by Nov. 21, 1925; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, Dec. 9, 1925.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- Dresden, Städtische Ausstellungspalast, Internationale Kunstausstellung Dresden, Apr. 2–Oct. 20, 1901, cat. 787, as Bildnis Schauspielerin Consuelo.
- Munich, Internationale Kunst-Ausstellung des Vereins bildender Künstler Münchens “Secession,” Mar. 5–24, 1902, cat. 223.
- Düsseldorf, Internationale Kunst-Ausstellung und große Gartenbau-Ausstellung, May 1 - Oct. 23, 1904, no cat. no.
- The Art Institute of Chicago, A Century of Progress: Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture Lent from American Collections, June 1–November 1, 1933, p. 41, cat. 278, as The Actress Consuelo.
Literature
Published references
- Alwin Arnold, ed., Offizieller Katalog der Internationalen Kunstausstellung Dresden 1901, exh. cat. (Dresden-Blasewitz: 1901), 57, cat. 787 (not ill.), as Bildnis der Schauspielerin Consuelo.
- Fritz von Uhde, ed., Offizieller Katalog des Internationalen Kunst-Ausstellung des Vereins bildender Kunstler Munchens “Secession,” exh. cat. (Munich: Verlagstalt F. Bruckmann A. G., 1902), 28, cat. 223, n.p. (ill.), as Bildnis der Schauspielerin Consuelo.
- Karl Schaefer, “Die Bremer Internationale Ausstellung,” Die Kunst für alle: Malerei, Plastik, Graphik, Architektur (May 15, 1902), 374.
- Arsène Alexandre, “Ignacio Zuloaga,” Le Figaro Illustré (Jan. 1, 1903), 22, and cover ill., as Portrait de l’Actrice Consuelo.
- Hans. W. Singer, “The Fine Arts and Horticultural Exhibition at Düsseldorf,” in The Studio: An Illustrated Magazine of Fine and Applied Art, Vol. 32 (1904), 232.
- Hermann Board, “Die Internationale Kunstausstellung,” in Heinrich Frauberger, ed., Internationale Kunstausstellung, Kunsthistorische Ausstellung, Große Gartenbau-Ausstellung, exh. cat. (Düsseldorf: Bagel, 1905), 181 (ill.), as Bildnis der Schauspielerin Consuelo.
- Jugend no. 9 (Feb. 27, 1905), cover ill., as Die Schauspielerin Consuelo.
- Gustav Pauli, ed., Katalog der Gemälde und Bildhauerwerke in der Kunsthalle zu Bremen, (Bremen: Verlag von Franz Leuwer, 1907), 91, cat. 264, as Bildnis der Schauspielerin Consuelo (L’Indifférente).
- The Hispanic Society of America, ed., Five Essays on the Art of Ignacio Zuloaga by Don Miguel Utrillo, Arsène Alexandre, Gabriel Mourey, René Maizeroy, and The Reverend Father M. Gil (New York: Hispanic Society of America, 1909), 41, as L’Actrice Consuelo.
- Christian Brinton, ed., Catalogue of Paintings by Ignacio Zuloaga Exhibited by The Hispanic Society of America (New York: The Hispanic Society of America, 1909), 74, 89.
- Ignacio Zuloaga: 12 Kunstrucke aus der “Jugend” (Munich: Verlag der “Jugend,” 1921), n.p. (ill.), as Bildnis der Schauspielerin Consuelo.
- Art Institute of Chicago, Forty-Seventh Annual Report for the Year 1925 (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1925), 14, as The actress Consuelo.
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