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Wall Clock

Jean Pierre Latz · c. 1735–40

Provenance

Ownership history

Ducs d’Arenberg [Hawley 1970]; Rosenberg and Stiebel, Inc., New York, early 1960s [according to letter from Henry Hawley, Nov. 10, 1988; copy in curatorial object file]; Antenor Patiño (1896–1982), Portugal [Hawley 1970]; Rosenberg and Stiebel, Inc., New York; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1975.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

Exhibitions

Art Insitute of Chicago, Selected Works of 18th Century French Art in the Collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, Jan. 24–Mar. 28, 1976.

Literature

Henry Hawley, "Jean-Pierre Latz, Cabinetmaker," The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, Vol. 57, No. 7 (Sep.–Oct. 1970): 226–27, cat. no. 14 (ill.).
John Keefe, "An Eighteenth Century French Wall Clock Attributed to Jean-Pierre Latz," Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago, Vol. 70, No. 1 (Jan.–Feb. 1976): 4–7 (ill.).
John Keefe, Selected Works of 18th Century French Art in the Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1976), 151, cat. no. 252 (ill.).
Ian Wardropper and Lynn Springer Roberts, European Decorative Arts in the Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1991), 54 (detail), 55–56, 57 (ill.).
The Art Institute of Chicago, The Essential Guide, 4th Edition, (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 2015), 132 (ill.).

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