The Blue Forest

1. The artist; Katherine S. Dreier (1877–1952), New York, later West Redding and Milford, CT, likely purchased directly from the artist, by 1927 and until 1952 [New York, 1927 and New Haven, 1952]. Galerie Jan Krugier, Geneva, by 1976 [Cologne 1976]; Galerie Isy Brachot, Brussels, 1977 [Paris 1977]; sold to private collection, Paris [correspondence with Galerie Isy Brachot in curatorial object file], c. 1985. Galerie Jacques Benador, Geneva, by 1988; purchased by the Art Institute of Chicago, 1988 [invoice in curatorial file].

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

• Brussels, Galerie Isy Brachot, Max Ernst: Peintures, sculptures, collages, frottages, Mar. 12-Apr. 30, 1977, cat. 1.
• Paris, Musée d'art moderne de la Ville de Paris, L'Aventure de Pierre Loeb, La Galerie Pierre, Paris, 1924-1964, June 7-Sept. 16, 1979, cat. 55; Brussels, Musée d'Ixelles, Oct. 4-Dec. 23, 1979, as La Forêt.
• Fort Worth, Kimbell Art Museum, The Age of Picasso and Matisse: Modern Masters from The Art Institute of Chicago, Oct. 6, 2013-Feb. 16, 2014, no cat. no.

• Max Ernst: Peintures, sculptures, collages, frottages, exh. cat. (Brussels: Galerie Isy Brachot, 1977), front cover, cat. 1, as La Foret (color ill.).
• Bernadette Contensou and Jean Coquelet, eds., L'Aventure de Pierre Loeb, La Galerie Pierre, Paris, 1924-1964, exh. cat. (Paris: Musée d'art moderne de la Ville de Paris, 1979), n.p., pl. IV (color ill.), 66, cat. 55, as La Forêt.
• Edward Weisberger, ed., Surrealism, Two Private Eyes: The Nesuhi Ertegun and Daniel Filipacchi Collections, exh. cat. (New York: Guggenheim Museum, 1999), 132-133, pl. 72 (color ill.).
• Stephanie D’Alessandro, ed., The Age of Picasso and Matisse: Modern Art at the Art Institute of Chicago, exh. cat. (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 2014), 10, 114 (color ill.).

Forest and Sun

Art Institute of Chicago

Spanish Physician

Art Institute of Chicago

Halleluiah

Art Institute of Chicago

Garden Airplane-Trap

Art Institute of Chicago

Dada Gauguin

Art Institute of Chicago

Summer Night in Arizona

Art Institute of Chicago

An Anxious Friend

Art Institute of Chicago

The Massacre of the Innocents

Art Institute of Chicago

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