The Dwarf

1. The artist; Ambroise Vollard (1867–1939), Paris, probably on May 2, 1937 [La Renaissance 1937 and New York 2006]. Bignou Gallery, New York, by May 1940 [New York 1940]. Samuel Marx (1885–1964) and Florene May Schoenborn (1903–1995), New York and Chicago, from Apr. 5, 1943. Sold through Dalzell Hatfield Galleries, Los Angeles to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1946.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

• New York, Bignou Gallery, Paintings and Gouaches by Georges Rouault, May 1940, n.p., cat. 14 (ill.), as Le Nain, n.d.
• Los Angeles, Dalzell Hatfield Galleries, Rouault, August 15–September 15, 1940, n.p., cat. 3, as Le Nain, n.d.
• Boston, Institute of Modern Art, Georges Rouault, Retrospective Loan Exhibition, November 1940, p. 26, cat. 39, as The Dwarf, n.d.; traveled to Washington, D.C., The Phillips Memorial Gallery and San Francisco Museum of Art, March 1941.
• New York, Museum of Modern Art, Paintings and Prints, Georges Rouault, 1945, pp. 86 and 117, cat. 73 (ill.), as Dwarf, c. 1936.
• Grand Rapids, Mich., Grand Rapids Art Gallery, Georges Rouault, April 11–May 2, 1947.
• Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, The Winterbotham Collection of 20th Century European Paintings from the Art Institute of Chicago, October 8–November 5, 1949, no cat.
• Brussels, Belgium, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Georges Rouault: Retrospective, March–May 1952, pp. 36 (ill.) and 54, cat. 42, as Le Nain, n.d.; traveled to Amsterdam, Stedelijik Museum, May 9–June 30, 1952, and Paris, Musée National d’Art Moderne, July 9–October 26, 1952, p. 27, cat. 55, pl. X, as Le Nain, n.d.
• Cleveland, Museum of Art, Rouault: Retrospective Exhibition, January 27–March 14, 1953, p. 29, as The Dwarf, c. 1936; traveled to New York, Museum of Modern Art, March 31–June 1, 1953, and the Los Angeles County Museum, June 29–August 15, 1953.
• Milan, Galleria d’Arte Moderna, Padiglione d’Arte Contemporanea, Mostra di Georges Rouault, April–June 1954, p. 18, cat. 54, pl. XXVII, as Il Nano, 1936.
• La Jolla, Calif., La Jolla Museum of Art, Works of Rouault: Paintings and Graphics, September 25–November 1, 1964, n.p., cat. 14 (ill.), as The Dwarf, c. 1936.
• Arts Council of Great Britain (organizer), Rouault, 1966, pp. 48 and 49 (ill.), cat. 67, as The Dwarf (Le Nain), 1937; exhibited at Edinburgh, Royal Scottish Academy, August 21–September 10, 1966, and London, Tate Gallery, October 8¬–November 13, 1966.
• Munich, Haus der Kunst, Georges Rouault, 1871–1958, March 23–May 12, 1974, p. 39, cat. 53, as Der Zwerg (Le nain), 1936; traveled to Manchester, City Art Galleries, June 4–July 28, 1974, cat. 37.

• La Renaissance 20:10–12 (October–December 1937), p. 2 (ill.), as Le nain, n.d.
• Bignou Gallery, Paintings and Gouaches by Georges Rouault, exh. cat. (New York, Bignou Gallery, 1940), n.p., cat. 14 (ill.), as Le Nain, n.d.
• Elizabeth McCausland, “Three Frenchmen: Rouault, Soutine, Derain,” Parnassus (May 1940), p. 40, as Le Nain, 1932–34.
• Lionello Venturi, Georges Rouault (New York: E. Weyhe, 1940), p. 75, pl. 81, no. 102, Le Nain, c. 1937.
• Dalzell Hatfield Galleries, Rouault, exh. cat. (Los Angeles: Dalzell Hatfield Galleries, 1940), n.p., cat. 3, as Le Nain, n.d.
• Institute of Modern Art, Georges Rouault, Retrospective Loan Exhibition, exh. cat. (Boston: Institute of Modern Art, 1940), p. 26, cat. 39, as The Dwarf, n.d.
• Le Point, Revue Artistique et Littéraire, Rouault, XXVI-XXVII (August–October 1943), p. 55 (ill.), as Benito (erroneous).
• Museum of Modern Art, Paintings and Prints, Georges Rouault, exh. cat. (New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1945), pp. 86 and 117, cat. 73 (ill.), as Dwarf, c. 1936.
• James Thrall Soby, Georges Rouault: Paintings and Prints (New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1947) pp. 15, 94 (ill.), and 129, cat. 73, as Dwarf, c. 1936.
• Lionello Venturi, Georges Rouault (Paris: Albert Skira, 1948), p. 119, pl. 95.
• Florent Fels, L’Art vivant de 1900 à nos jours (Geneva; Pierre Callier, 1950), p. 213 (ill.), as Le Nain, n.d.
• Palais des Beaux-Arts, Georges Rouault: Retrospective, exh. cat. (Brussels, Belgium: Palais des Beaux-Arts, 1952), pp. 36 (ill.) and 54, cat. 42, as Le Nain, n.d.

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