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The Bewitched Mill
Franz Marc · 1913
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
- Chicago, Art Institute, Exhibition of Paintings from the Collection of the Late Arthur Jerome Eddy, September 19-October 22, 1922, cat. 50.
- Chicago, Art Institute, The Arthur Jerome Eddy Collection of Modern Paintings and Sculpture, December 22, 1931-January 17, 1932, cat. 12 (ill.).
- Chicago, Art Institute, A Century of Progress Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture, June 1-November 1, 1933, cat. 757.
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Expressionism and Related Movements, January 26-February 28, 1939, no cat.
- Boston, Institute of Contemporary Art, Contemporary German Art, November 2-December 9, 1939, cat. 40a.
- New York, Buchholz Gallery, Franz Marc, November 11-December 7, 1940, n. pag., cat. 16 (ill.).
- Cambridge, Mass., Germanic Museum, Harvard University, Exhibition, February 4-March 4, 1941, cat. 408.1940.
- Lincoln, University of Nebraska, Survey of Modern European Painting, March 3-31, 1946, no cat.
- Minneapolis, University Gallery, University of Minnesota, German Expressionism in Art, 1905-1935: Painting, Sculpture, Prints, October 23-November 27, 1950, cat. 81.
- Chicago, Main Street Bookstore, April 14-30, 1952.
- Chicago, University of Chicago, May 6, 1952-June 6, 1952.
- Chicago, University of Chicago, August 22-25, 1952.
Literature
Published references
- Eddy, Arthur Jerome, Cubists and Post-impressionism (Chicago: A. C. McClurg, 1919), p. 115.
- Art Institute of Chicago, Exhibition of Paintings from the Collection of the Late Arthur Jerome Eddy, exh. cat. (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1922), cat. 50.
- Art Institute of Chicago, A Guide to the Paintings in the Permanent Collection (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1932), p. 33 (ill.).
- Art Institute of Chicago, The Arthur Jerome Eddy Collection of Modern Paintings and Sculpture, exh. cat. (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1932), cat. 12 (ill.).
- Bulliet, C. J., “The Eddy Gift to Chicago,” Creative Art 10 (March 1932), pp. 213, 215 (ill.).
- Art Institute of Chicago, Catalogue of a Century of Progress Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture, exh. cat. (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1933), cat. 757.
- Rich, Daniel Catton, “German Art in Chicago,” American-German Review 1 (June 1935), pp. 37 (ill.), 38.
- Schardt, Alois Jakob, Franz Marc (Berlin: Rembrandt-Verlag, 1936), p. 164, cat. 1-1913-3.
- Institute of Contemporary Art, Contemporary German Art, exh. cat. (Boston: Institute of Contemporary Art, 1939), cat. 40a.
- Milliken, William M., “Expressionism Exhibited,” Art News 37, 20 (February 11, 1939), pp. 7, 8 (ill.).
- Goldwater, Robert, Franz Marc, exh. cat. (New York: Buchholz Gallery, 1940), n. pag., cat. 16 (ill.).
- University Gallery, University of Minnesota, German Expressionism in Art, 1905-1935: Painting, Sculpture, Prints, exh. cat. (Minneapolis: University Gallery, University of Minnesota, 1950), cat. 81.
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