
Art Institute of Chicago
The Stronghold
Amadeo de Souza Cardoso · c. 1912
Provenance
Ownership history
- The artist; sold through Walter Pach, New York, to Arthur Jerome Eddy (1859-1920), Chicago, Apr. 10, 1913 [letter to the artist, May 2, 1913, Walter Kuhn papers, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, copy in curatorial object file; McCarthy 1996; Washington 1999]; by descent to his wife Lucy O. Eddy (1863-1931) and son Jerome O. Eddy (1891-1951), Chicago, 1920; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1931.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- New York, International Exhibition of Modern Art, Feb. 17–Mar. 15, 1913, cat. 463 (as Chateau fort); Art Institute of Chicago, Mar. 24–Apr. 16, 1913 (cat. 382).
- Art Institute of Chicago, Exhibition of Paintings from the Collection of the Late Arthur Jerome Eddy, Sept. 19–Oct. 22, 1922, cat. 15.
- Art Institute of Chicago, Exhibition of the Arthur Jerome Eddy Collection of Modern Paintings and Sculpture, Dec. 22, 1931–Jan. 17, 1932, cat. 17.
- Utica, N.Y., Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, 1913 Armory Show—50th Anniversary Exhibition 1963, Feb. 17–Mar. 31, 1963, cat. 463; New York, Armory of the 69th Regiment, Apr. 6–28, 1963.
- Washington D. C., Corcoran Gallery of Art, At the Edge: A Portuguese Futurist, Amadeo de Souza Cardoso, Sept. 11–Nov. 28, 1999, cat. 10; Arts Club of Chicago, Jan. 20–Mar. 17, 2000.
- Lisbon, Centro de Arte Moderna José de Azeredo Perdigão, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Amadeo de Souza Cardoso: Diálogo de Vanguardas/Avant-Garde Dialogues, Nov. 15, 2006–Jan.14, 2007, cat. 10.
- New York Historical Society, The Armory Show at 100, Oct. 11, 2013–Feb. 23, 2014.
- Paris, Galeries nationales d'exposition du Grand Palais, Paris, Amadeo de Souza Cardoso, Apr. 20–July 18, 2016.
Literature
Published references
- International Exhibition of Modern Art, exh. cat. (Association of American Painters and Sculptors, Inc., 1913), n.p., cat. 463.
- International Exhibition of Modern Art, 2nd ed., exh. cat. (Association of American Painters and Sculptors, Inc., 1913), n.p., cat. 382.
- Arthur Jerome Eddy, Cubists and Post-Impressionism (A. C. McClurg, 1914), p. 85.
- Exhibition of Paintings from the Collection of the Late Arthur Jerome Eddy, exh. cat. (Art Institute of Chicago, 1922), n.p., cat. 15.
- Exhibition of the Arthur Jerome Eddy Collection of Modern Paintings and Sculpture, exh. cat. (Art Institute of Chicago, 1931), p. 24, cat. 17.
- A Guide to the Paintings in the Permanent Collection (Art Institute of Chicago, 1932), p. 172.
- C. J. Bulliet, “The Eddy Gift to Chicago,” Creative Art 10 (March 1932), p. 216.
- José-Augusto Franca, Amadeo de Souza Cardoso (Sul, 1956), pp. 61; 63, cat. 9 (as Fortaleza); n.p. (ill.).
- “A exposição de Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso,” Jornal de Notícias, May 11, 1956.
- Paintings in The Art Institute of Chicago: A Catalogue of the Picture Collection (Art Institute of Chicago, 1961), p. 421.
- Milton W. Brown, The Story of the Armory Show (New York Graphic Society, 1963), pp. 100; 292, cat. 463; n.p. (ill.).
- Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, 1913 Armory Show—50th Anniversary Exhibition, exh. cat. (Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, 1963), pp. 81 (ill.); 205, cat. 463.
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