Venus with Seashell

1. Mrs. Potter Palmer II (née Pauline Kohnsaat; 1867–1956), Chicago, by 1938 [Chicago 1938]; by descent to her son, Gordon Palmer (1914–1964), Sarasota, Fla.; by descent to his wife, Janis H. Palmer (1917–1984), Sarasota, Fla.; bequeathed to the Art Institute, 1985.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

• Chicago, Arts Club, "Loan Exhibition of Modern Paintings and Drawings from Private Collections in Chicago," November 4–25 1938, n.p., cat. 39, as Seashell, n.d.
• Sarasota, Fla., Ringling Museum of Art, "Raoul Dufy: A Retrospective," December 5, 1978–February 25, 1979, p. 26, cat. 19 (ill.), as Amphitrite, 1926–1927.

• Pierre Courthion, Raoul Dufy (Paris, 1929), n.p., pl. 18, as Vénus, 1926
• Fanny Guillon-Laffaille, Raoul Dufy: Catalogue raisonné des aquarelles, gouaches, et pastels II (Paris, 1982), p. 282, no. 1831 (ill.), as Vénus et coquillage, 1925.
• Eleanor Dwight (editor), The Letters of Pauline Palmer: A Great Lady of Chicago’s First Family (New York, 2005), p. 308 (ill.), as Venus with Seashell, 1925.

Ascot

Art Institute of Chicago

Basket of Flowers

Art Institute of Chicago

Still-Life with Mirror, Fruit Dish and Almonds

Art Institute of Chicago

Floral Still Life

Art Institute of Chicago

Boardwalk with Palm Tree

Art Institute of Chicago

Pears in a Garden

Art Institute of Chicago

La Chasse (The Hunt)

Art Institute of Chicago

Les Fruits D'Afrique (The Fruits of Africa)

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