The Commode

1. The artist, Paris; sold through E. Gimpel and Wildenstein, New York, to the Friends of American Art, Art Institute of Chicago, 1913; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1914.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

• New York, Wildenstein Galleries, <em>Paintings by Walter Gay of Paris</em>, –Mar. 29, 1913, cat. 3.
• NY, Albright Art Gallery, Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, <em>Exhibition of Oil Paintings and Water Colors by Walter Gay</em>, 1913, cat. 5, as <em>La Commode</em>.
• MN, Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester, <em>Exhibition of Works by the Late Robert Lee MacCameron and a Collection of Oil Paintings and Water Colors by Walter Gay of Paris</em>, Nov. 7–Dec. 3, 1913, cat. 47 or 74, as <em>La Commode</em>.
• Detroit Museum of Arts, <em>Exhibition of Oil Paintings and Water Colors by Walter Gay</em>, Feb. 1–15, 1914, cat. 5 or 6, as <em>La Commode</em>.
• Art Institute of Chicago, <a href="https://www.artic.edu/exhibitions/4598/exhibition-of-oil-paintings-and-water-colors-by-walter-gay"><em>Exhibition of Oil Paintings and Water Colors by Walter Gay</em></a>, Mar. 24–Apr. 6, 1914, cat. 5, as <em>La Commode</em>.
• New York, E. Gimpel and Wildenstein, <em>An Exhibition of Paintings and Water Colors by Walter Gay</em>, Feb. 17–Mar. 6, 1920, cat. 28, as <em>The Yellow Chair</em>.
• San Diego, Museum of Art, Mar–May 1926.
• Evanston, IL, Orrington Hotel, <em>Exhibition of Ninteen Paintings from the Friends of American Art Collection</em>, Oct. 1926, no cat. (organized by the University Guild).
• Minneapolis Institute of Arts, <em>Selection of American Paintings Purchased by the Friends of American Art and Presented to the Art Institute of Chicago</em>, Nov. 10–Dec. 1926, no cat.
• Omaha, NE, Joslyn Memorial Museum, <em>Joslyn Memorial Opening Exhibition</em>, Nov. 29–Dec. 1931, no. 9.
• Art Institute of Chicago, <a href="https://www.artic.edu/exhibitions/5626/a-century-of-progress-loan-exhibition-of-paintings-and-sculpture-1933"><em>A Century of Progress: Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture</em></a>, May 23–Oct. 31, 1933, cat. 548.
• Chicago, Garfield Park Art Galleries, <a href="https://www.artic.edu/exhibitions/5706/garfield-park-art-galleries-exhibition-of-greek-sculptures-and-american-paintings"><em>Exhibition of Greek Sculptures and American Paintings Lent by the Art Institute of Chicago</em></a>, Nov. 5, 1935–Mar. 3, 1936, cat. 9.

• Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester, <em>Catalogue of an Exhibition of Works by the Late Robert Lee MacCameron and a Collection of Oil Paintings and Water Colors by Walter Gay of Paris</em>, exh. cat. (Memorial Art Gallery, 1913), n.p., cat. 47 or 74, as <em>La Commode</em>.
• Art Institute of Chicago, <em>Catalogue of an Exhibition of Oil Paintings and Water Colors by Walter Gay</em>, exh. cat. (Art Institute of Chicago, 1914), n.p., cat. 5, as <em>La Commode</em>.
• “Past Exhibitions,” <em>Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago</em> 8, no. 1 (Jul. 1914): 6, <a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/4116335"> https://www.jstor.org/stable/4116335</a>, as <em>La Commode</em>.
• “Accessions to the Museum,” <em>Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago</em> 8, no. 1 (Jul. 1914): 6, 10, 13–14 (ill.), <a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/4116343"> https://www.jstor.org/stable/4116343</a>.
• Detroit Museum of Arts, <em>Catalogue of an Exhibition of Oil Paintings and Water Colors by Walter Gay</em>, exh. cat. (Detroit Museum of Art, 1914), n.p., cat. 5 or 6, as <em>La Commode</em>.
• <em>Friends of American Art Yearbook, 1914–1916</em>, 5th ed. (Art Institute of Chicago, 1916), 22, 75, 182 (ill.).
• <em>Friends of American Art Yearbook, 1916–1918</em>, 6th ed. (Art Institute of Chicago, 1918), 9.
• E. Gimpel and Wildenstein, <em>Catalogue of an Exhibition of Paintings and Water Colors by Walter Gay</em>, exh. cat. (E. Gimpel and Wildenstein, 1920), n.p., cat. 28, as <em>The Yellow Chair</em>.
• George William Eggers, <em>Handbook of Sculpture, Architecture, Paintings, and Drawings: Part II: Paintings and Drawings</em>, vol. 2 (Art Institute of Chicago, 1920), 42, cat. 387, <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015036764952">https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015036764952</a>.
• Robert B. Harshe, <em>Handbook of Sculpture, Architecture and Paintings: Part II: Paintings</em>, vol. 2 (Art Institute of Chicago, 1922), 44, cat. 387, <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uva.x006053578">https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uva.x006053578</a>.
• Robert B. Harshe, <em>Handbook of Sculpture, Architecture and Paintings: Part II: Paintings</em>, vol. 2 (Art Institute of Chicago, 1923), 44, cat. 387, <a href="https://archive.org/details/artinstituteofch00arti_1">https://archive.org/details/artinstituteofch00arti_1</a>.
• Robert B. Harshe, <em>A Guide to the Paintings in the Permanent Collection</em> (Art Institute of Chicago, 1925), 137, cat. 387, <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/2027/gri.ark:/13960/s2hxd115k60">https://hdl.handle.net/2027/gri.ark:/13960/s2hxd115k60</a>.

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