The Philosopher's Conquest

1. Paul Guillaume (1891-1934), Paris, probably acquired directly from the artist, by 1926 [Paris 1926]; by descent to his widow, Domenica Guillaume (later Domenica Walter, 1898-1977), 1934; sold to Pierre Matisse (1900-1989), New York, Dec. 2, 1935 [Pierre Matisse Gallery Records, Purchases Stock Book, 1932-1947, Page 10; copy in curatorial object file]; sold to Peter Watson (1908-1956), London, Dec. 5, 1935 [Pierre Matisse Gallery Records, Stock Book 1931–1969, Page 12, copy in curatorial object file]; sold back to Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, June 20, 1939 [Pierre Matisse Gallery Records, Purchases Stock Book, 1932-1947, Page 23, copy in curatorial object file]; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, July 1939.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

• Possibly Paris, Baraquements du Champ-de-Mars, Salon des Indépendants 30e, Mar. 1–Apr. 30, 1914, cat. 683, as Les joies et les énigmes d’une heure étrange, 1913.
• Paris, Galerie Paul Guillaume, Giorgio de Chirico, June 4–12, 1926, cat. 1, as La Conquête du Philosophe.
• New York, Valentine Gallery, Paintings by Giorgio de Chirico, Jan. 23–Feb. 11, 1928, cat. 6, as La Conquete du Philosophe, 1913.
• Washington, D.C., G. Place Gallery, Chirico Exhibition, Dec. 5–25, 1943, no cat.
• The Art Institute of Chicago, The Winterbotham Collection, May 23–June 22, 1947, no cat. no.
• Dallas, Texas State Fair, Museum of Fine Arts, The Winterbotham Collection of 20th Century Paintings, Oct. 8–Nov. 6, 1949, no cat.
• Houston, Museum of Fine Arts, Chagall and de Chirico, April 3–May 1, 1955, cat. 6, as The Philosopher’s Conquest, c. 1914.
• New York, Museum of Modern Art, Giorgio de Chirico, Sept. 6–Oct. 31, 1955, as The Philosopher’s Conquest, 1914.
• Milan, Palazzo Reale, Arte italiana del XX secolo da collezioni Americane, Apr. 30–July 26, 1960, cat. 84, as La conquista del filosofo, 1914; Rome, Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna, July 15–Sept. 15, 1960.
• New York, Museum of Modern Art, Dada, Surrealism and their Heritage, Mar. 27–June 9, 1968,fig. 101, as The Philosopher’s Conquest, 1914; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, July 16–Sept. 8, 1968; Art Institute of Chicago, Oct. 19–Dec. 8, 1968.
• Milan, Palazzo Reale, Giorgio de Chirico, April–May 1970, pp. 27 (cat. 14), n.p. (fig. 14 , ill.), as La conquista del filosofo, 1914.
• New York, Museum of Modern Art, Giorgio de Chirico, Apr. 3–June 29, 1982, pl.24; London, Tate Gallery, Aug. 4–Oct. 3, 1982; Munich, Haus der Kunst, Nov. 17, 1982–Jan. 30, 1983, as Die Eroberung des Philosophen, La conquista del filosofo, 1914; Paris, Musée National d’Art Moderne, Feb. 24–Apr. 25, 1983, cat. 12, as La Conquête du philosophe, La conquista del filosofo, 1914.

• Albert C. Barnes, Chirico, exh. cat. (Paris: Galerie Paul Guillaume, 1926), cat. 1, as La Conquête du Philosophe.
• Sigmund Freud, “La question de l’analyse par les non-médecins,” La Révolution Surréaliste 3, no. 9-10 (October 1, 1927), p. 27 (ill.).
• André Breton, Le surréalisme et la peinture (Paris: Gallimard, 1928), pl. 27 (ill.), as Les joies et les énigmes d’une heure étrange, 1914.
• Valentine Gallery, Paintings by Giorgio de Chirico, exh. cat. (New York: Valentine Gallery, 1928), cat. 6, as La Conquête du Philosophe, 1913.
• Documents 2, no. 5 (1930), 311 (ill.), as Nature morte turino-printanière.
• Frederick A. Sweet, “Modigliani and Chirico,” Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago 33, no. 6 (November 1939), 90-91, (ill. on cover).
• Carol Rothschild, ”Recent Museum Acquisitions,” Parnassus 11, no. 8 (December 1939), 38.
• Reginald Howard Wilenski, Modern French Painters (New York: Reynal and Hitchcock, 1940), 238, pl. 68A (ill.), as La conqûete du philosophie: l’horloge, 1913.
• James Thrall Soby, The Early Chirico (New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1941), ix, 38-40, pl. 26 (ill.), as The Conquest of the Philosopher.
• Rosamund Frost, Contemporary Art: The March of Art from Cézanne Until Now (New York: Crowne Publishers, 1942), vi, 156 (ill.).
• Katherine Kuh, The Winterbotham Collection, exh. cat. (Art Institute of Chicago, 1947), 10-11 (ill.).
• “Chicago’s Winterbotham Collection,” Art News 46, no. 7 (September 1947): 35 (ill.).

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