Three Beavers Building a Dam
Wilhelm Tischbein · c. 1800
Provenance
Ownership history
- Estate of the artist [stamp (J.H.W. Tischbein; not in Lugt) verso, lower left, in black]; sold, Christie’s, New York, Jan. 22, 2003, lot 137, to Dorothy Braude Edinburg, Brookline, MA; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2013.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- Art Institute of Chicago, "Drawings in Dialogue: Old Master Through Modern, The Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection," June 3–July 30, 2006, p. 80, cat. 51 (ill.).
- Art Institute of Chicago, "The Thrill of the Chase: Drawings for the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection," Mar. 15-June 15, 2014, no cat.
Literature
Published references
- Suzanne Folds McCullagh (ed.), Drawings in Dialogue: Old Master Through Modern, The Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection, exh. cat. (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 2006), p. 80, cat. 51 (ill.).
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