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The Prairie on Fire
Alvan Fisher · 1827
Provenance
Ownership history
- The artist; sold for $100 to Samuel G. Goodrich (1793–1860), Boston, 1828; to Private Collection, Cambridge, MA; by descent in family for three generations; to Private Collection, Kennebunkport, ME; consigned to Vose Galleries, Boston; to Private Collection, MA; sold to Menconi & Schoelkopf Fine Art, New York, N.Y.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- The Boston Atheneum, Annual Exhibition, 1829, cat. 209.
Literature
Published references
- Annual Report (Art Institute of Chicago, 2008–09),16 (ill. p. 29).
- Ellen E. Roberts, "Notable Acquisitions at the Art Institute of Chicago," Museum Studies 35, 2 (Art Institute of Chicago, 2009), 14–15 (ill.).
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