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The Annunciation
George Hitchcock · 1887
Provenance
Ownership history
- George Hitchcock, Egmond-aan-Zee, Holland, 1887; Mr. and Mrs. Potter Palmer, Chicago, 1890; bequeathed to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1930.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- Paris, France, Palais de Champs–Élysées, <em>Salon des artistes français</em>, May 1–[?], 1888, cat. 1297.
- Paris, France, <em>Exposition Universelle</em>, May 6–Oct. 31, 1889, cat. 166.
- Norfolk, Virginia, Chrysler Museum, <em>Paris 1889: American Artists at the Universal Exposition</em>, Sept. 29–Dec. 17, 1989, cat. 166; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Feb. 1–Apr. 15, 1990, Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, New York Historical Society, Sept. 5–Nov. 15, 1990.
Literature
Published references
- Annette Blaugrund, “American Artists at the 1889 Exposition Universelle in Paris,” <em>Magazine Antiques</em> 136, 5 (Nov. 1989), 1158–69, pl. ix.
- Piri Halasz, “Exhibition Reviews: Paris 1889,” <em>Art Journal</em> 49, 3 (Fall 1990), 306–09.
- Judith A. Barter, et al., <em>American Arts at The Art Institute of Chicago: From Colonial Times to World War I</em> (Art Institute of Chicago, 1998).
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