The Room No. VI

1. The artist; Arthur Wright Sr., Bronx, New York; given to his son, Arthur Wright Jr., Riverdale, New York c. 1980; [Franklin Riehlman Fine Art, New York]; sold to Merrill C. Berman, Scarsdale, New York, c. 2005; [Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York, 2007] sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2007.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

• Art Institute of Chicago, <em>Fifty–Third Annual Exhibition by Artists of Chicago and Vicinity</em>, Feb. 10–Mar. 20, 1949, cat. 58.
• University of Illinois, Champaign, Architecture Building, <em>Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting</em>, Mar. 4–Apr. 15, 1951, cat. 25, pl. 13.
• Possibly Ford Foundation, c. 1958.
• Art Institute of Chicago, <a href="https://www.artic.edu/exhibitions/1567/they-seek-a-city-chicago-and-the-art-of-migration-1910-1950"><em>They Seek a City: Chicago and the Art of Migration, 1910–1950</em></a>, Mar. 3–June 3, 2013, cat. 76.

• Ralph Pearson, "The Modern Renaissance in American Art: Presenting the Work and Philosophy of 54 Distinguished Artists," <em>College Art Journal</em> 14, 1 (Autumn 1954) p. 171.
• <em>Three Masters: Eldzier Cortor, Hughie Lee–Smith, Archibald Motley Jr.</em>, exh. cat. (Kenkeleba Gallery, New York, 1998), 22 (ill.).
• <em>Annual Report</em> (Art Institute of Chicago, 2007–2008), 7 (ill.), 19.
• Sarah E. Kelly, "Notable Acquisitions at the Art Institute of Chicago," <em>Museum Studies</em> 35, 2 (Art Institute of Chicago, 2009), 18–19 (ill.).
• Judith A. Barter, et al., <em>American Modernism at the Art Institute of Chicago, From World War I to 1955</em> (Art Institute of Chicago, 2009), cat. 169.
• Sarah Kelly Oehler, <em>They Seek a City: Chicago and the Art of Migration</em>, exh. cat. (Art Institute of Chicago, 2013), 82–84, cat. 76 (ill.).
• Terry Carbone, "An Oral History with Eldzier Cortor," <em>BOMB Magazine</em>, June 21, 2016, <a href="https://bombmagazine.org/articles/2016/06/21/eldzier-cortor/">https://bombmagazine.org/articles/2016/06/21/eldzier-cortor/</a>.
• <em>Paintings at the Art Institute of Chicago: Highlights of the Collection</em>, (Art Institute of Chicago/Yale University Press, 2017), 132.
• Jordan Carter and Sarah Kelly Oehler, "Black Art Matters to This Prominent Museum," interview by Wendy Altschuler, <em>Forbes</em>, June 8, 2020, <a href="https://forbes.com/sites/wendyaltschuler/2020/06/08/black-art-matters-to-this-prominent-museum"> https://forbes.com/sites/wendyaltschuler/2020/06/08/black-art-matters-to-this-prominent-museum</a> (ill.).
• Sebastian Smee, "Interior Design: Eldzier Cortor Painted Black Poverty with Beauty and Great Invention," <em>The Washington Post</em>, Sept. 2, 2020, <a href="https://washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/entertainment/eldzier-cortor-the-room-no-vi/?itid=ap_sebastiansmee">https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/entertainment/eldzier-cortor-the-room-no-vi/?itid=ap_sebastiansmee</a> (ill.).
• Hannah Edgar, "20 Artworks Not to Miss at the Art Institute of Chicago", <em>ARTnews</em>, Jan. 22, 2024, <a href="https://www.artnews.com/list/art-news/artists/what-to-see-art-institute-of-chicago-1234691091/narcissa-niblack-thorne-thorne-miniature-rooms-c-1937-40-gallery-11/">https://www.artnews.com/list/art-news/artists/what-to-see-art-institute-of-chicago-1234691091/narcissa-niblack-thorne-thorne-miniature-rooms-c-1937-40-gallery-11/</a>.

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