
Art Institute of Chicago
The Three Judges
Georges Rouault · 1928
Provenance
Ownership history
- Ambroise Vollard (1867–1939), Paris, 1937 [La Renaissance 1937]. Bignou Galleries, New York, by May 1940 [New York 1940]. Mrs. Gilbert W. Chapman (née Elizabeth Fuller, later Mrs. Charles Goodspeed; 1893–1980), Chicago by 1951; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1951.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- Los Angeles, Dalzell Hatfield Galleries, Rouault, August 15–September 15, 1940, n.p., cat. 13, as Les Trois Juges, n.d.
- Chicago, Renaissance Society, University of Chicago, Paintings and Prints by Georges Rouault, October 5–31, 1945, n.p., cat. 10, as Three Judges, 1928.
- New York, Museum of Modern Art, Paintings and Prints: Georges Rouault, 1945, pp. 21, and 128, cat. 55, as Three Judges, 1928.
- New York, Museum of Modern Art, The School of Paris, Paintings from the Florene May Schoenborn and Samuel A. Marx Collection, November 1, 1965–January 2, 1966, pp. 50–51 (ill.), as The Three Judges, 1928; traveled to The Art Institute of Chicago, February 11–March 27, 1966, St. Louis, City Art Museum, April 27–June 13, 1966, San Francisco Museum of Art, July 2–August 7, 1966, Mexico City, Museo de Art Moderno, August 30–October 2, 1966, and Denver Art Museum, October 25–November 25, 1966.
- Art Institute and Asahi Shimbun (organizers), Masterworks of Modern Art from The Art Institute of Chicago, pp. 116, cat. 34, 117 (ill.), as The Three Judges, 1928; traveled to Nagaoka, Niigata Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, April 20–May 29, 1994; Nagoya, Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, June 10–July 24, 1994; and Yokohama Museum of Art, August 6–September 25, 1994.
- Lugano, Switzerland, Museo d'Art Moderna, Georges Rouault, March 23–June 22, 1997, pp. 80–81 and 227, cat. 36 (ill.), as Richter und Prozessführer (Drei Richter), 1928.
- Tokyo, Yasuda Kasai Tōgō Seiji Bijutsukan, Rétrospective Georges Rouault, October 17–December 23, 1998, pp. 68, 160 and 166, cat. 26 (ill.), as Juges et Plaideurs dit aussi Trois juges, 1928; traveled to Gifu, Gifu-ken Gendai Togei Bijutsukan, January 6–February 11, 1999, Shizuoka, Shizuoka Kenritsu Bijutsukan, February 20–March 28, 1999, and Yamagata, Yamagata Bijutsukan, April 8–May 9, 1999.
Literature
Published references
- Dalzell Hatfield Galleries, Rouault, exh. cat. (Los Angeles: Dalzell Hatfield Galleries, 1940), n.p., cat. 13, as Les Trois Juges, n.d.
- Renaissance Society, University of Chicago, Paintings and Prints by Georges Rouault, exh. cat. (Chicago: Renaissance Society, University of Chicago, 1945), n.p., cat. 10, as Three Judges, 1928.
- James Thrall Soby, Paintings and Prints: Georges Rouault, exh. cat (New York; Museum of Modern Art, 1945), pp. 21, and 128, cat. 55 as Three Judges, 1928.
- The Art Institute of Chicago Annual Report (1954–1955), n.p. (ill.), as The Three Judges, 1928.
- The Art Institute of Chicago, Paintings in the Art Institute of Chicago: A Catalogue of the Picture Collection (Chicago: The Art Institute, 1961), p. 405, as The Three Judges, 1938.
- Museum of Modern Art, The School of Paris, Paintings from the Florene May Schoenborn and Samuel A. Marx Collection, exh. cat. (New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1965), pp. 50–51 (ill.), as The Three Judges, 1928.
- El Mundo de los Museos, Insituto de Arte de Chicago (Madrid: Editorial Codex, S. A., 1967), pp. 13, 70 and 72, fig. 56, as Los tres jueces, n.d.
- Sandra Grung, Supplement to Paintings in The Art Institute of Chicago: A Catalogue of the Picture Collection (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1971), p. 100, as The Three Judges, 1928.
- A. James Speyer and Courtney Graham Donnell, Twentieth Century European Paintings (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1980), p. 68, no. 3F9, as The Three Judges, 1928.
- Bernard Dorival and Isabelle Rouault, Rouault: L’Oeuvre Peint I (Monte-Carlo: André Sauret, 1988), p. 275, no. 895 (ill.), as Juge et Plaideurs, or Trois juges, n.d.
- Bernard Dorival, Rouault (Paris: Flammarion, 1992), p. 47 (ill.), as Juges et Plaideurs (Trois Juges), 1928.
- Treasures of the 19th and 20th Century Painting: The Art Institute of Chicago (New York: Abbeville Press, 1993), p. 234 (ill.), as The Three Judges, 1928.
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