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This Little Pig Went to Market
Lilly Martin Spencer · c. 1857
Provenance
Ownership history
- Cosmopolitan Art Association, Ohio and New York, by Dec. 1859 [engraving of work reproduced in <em>Cosmopolitan Art Journal</em> 3, no. 5 (Dec. 1859): frontispiece]; Elizabeth Wilt Collins (1804–1876; born Elizabeth Wilt Hertzog; also Mrs. E. W. Collins), Collinsville, IL, Jan. 1860 [as premium given to a subscriber by the Cosmopolitan Art Association; <em>Cosmopolitan Art Journal</em> 4, no. 1 (Mar. 1860): i]. Letitia Duff Dyke (1925–2018; born Letitia Duff Reuter), Pittsburgh, PA, by 2018; by descent to the estate of Letitia Duff Dyke; sold, Concept Art Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA, Sept. 28, 2019, lot 230, as <em>This Little Piggy</em>. With George Turak (dealer), Philadelphia, by Dec. 2019; sold to Godel & Co., Inc., Bedford, NY, Dec. 2019; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2021.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- New York, Cosmopolitan Art Association, Düsseldorf Gallery, Dec. 1859 [?]–Jan. 31, 1860, no. 1.
Literature
Published references
- <em>Cosmopolitan Art Journal</em> 3, no. 5 (Dec. 1859): 247.
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