Woman at an Easel (Green Screen) by Georges Braque
Art Institute of Chicago

Woman at an Easel (Green Screen)

Georges Braque · 1936

Provenance

Ownership history

  1. Paul Rosenberg (1881–1959), probably acquired directly from the artist, Paris and New York, by 1937 until at least 1941 [Paris 1937; Chicago 1941 checklist]. Keith Warner, New York [Bretell 1986]. E. and A. Silberman Galleries, New York, by 1953 [this and the following, Sara Lee Corporation collection records, copy in curatorial file]; sold to Nathan Cummings (1896–1985), Chicago, 1953; given to his son, Herbert K. Cummings (1923–1992), Phoenix, about 1978; sold to Consolidated Foods Corporation (later, The Sara Lee Corporation), 1981; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1999.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

Exhibitions

Exhibition history

  • Paris, Galerie Paul Rosenberg, Exposition d’oeuvres récentes de Georges Braque, April 3–30, 1937, cat. 13 (ill.), as Femme peignant.
  • Paris, Petit Palais, Maitres des Art Independent 1895–1937, June–October 1937, p. 96, salle 29, cat. 2, as La femme peintre.
  • Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute, 1937 International Exhibition of Paintings, October 14–December 5, 1937, hors cat.
  • Melbourne, Australia, David Jones’ Gallery, The Daily Telegraph Exhibition of French and British Modern Art, opened November 20, 1939, n. p., cat. 10, as Femme devant son chevalet.
  • Baltimore Museum of Art, Paintings by Georges Braque, November 22–December 27, 1942, no cat..
  • San Francisco, M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, The Nathan Cummings Collection, 1953.
  • Eugene, Oregon, University of Oregon, 1953; traveled to the Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Oregon.
  • Zürich, Switzerland, Kunsthaus Zürich, Georges Braque, June–July 1953, p. 8, cat. 90, as Femme devant le chevalet.
  • Arts Club of Chicago, Twentieth Century Art Loaned by Members of the Arts Club of Chicago, October 1–20, 1954, cat. 3, as Femme Peignant.
  • Art Gallery of Toronto, Nathan Cummings Collection: 19th and 20th Century French Paintings, September 9–Oct 16, 1955, cat. 1.
  • Paris, Musée des Arts Decoratifs, Collection Nathan Cummings d’art ancien du Perou et peintures françaises XIXe et XXe siècle, March–May 1956, n. p., cat. 15, as Femme Peignant.
  • New York, E. and A. Silberman Galleries, Art Unites Nations; An Exhibition of Paintings, December 10–28, 1957, n. p., cat. 26, as La Femme Peignant (ill.).

Literature

Published references

  • Halvorsen, M. Walther, “Exposition Braque, Laurens, Matisse, Picasso à oslo, stockholm, copenhague,” Cahiers d’art 12, 6–7 (1937), p. 221 (ill.), as Femme peignant.
  • Galerie Paul Rosenberg, Exposition d’œuvres récentes de Georges Braque, exh. (Paris: Galerie Paul Rosenberg, 1937), n.p. (cat. 13, ill.), as Femme peignant.
  • Petit Palais, Les Maitres de l’art independant 1895–1937, exh. cat. (Paris: Petit Palais, 1937), p. 96 (cat. 2), as La femme peintre, 1936.
  • Palais Des Beaux-Arts, Exposition d’art français contemporain, exh. cat. (Brussels: Palais des Beaux-Arts), p. 15 (cat. 16), as Femme devant un chevalet, 1936.
  • Zervos, Christian, Histoire de l’art contemporain (Paris: Cahiers d’Art, 1938), p. 286 (ill.), as Femme peignant, 1936.
  • Stedelijk Museum, Parijsche Schilders, exh. cat. (Amsterdam: Stedelijk Museum, 1939), n.p. (cat. 32), as Vrouw voor een schildersezel, 1937.
  • Carnegie Institute, The 1938 International Exhibition of Paintings, exh. cat. (Pittsburgh: Carnegie Institute, 1938), n.p. (cat. 193, pl. 27, ill.), as Woman in Front of Easel, 1937.
  • Daily Telegraph, The Daily Telegraph Exhibition of French and British Modern Art, exh. cat. (Sydney: Daily Telegraph, 1939), n.p. (cat. 10), as Femme devant son chevalet.
  • Fumet, Stanislas, Braque (Paris: Braun, 1941), n.p. (fig. 34, ill.), as Femme au chevalet, 1936.
  • Frost, Rosamund, Contemporary Art: The March of Art from Cézanne Until Now (New York: Crown Publishers, 1942), p. 54 (ill.), as Guitare Bleue et Rouge, 1930.
  • Kunsthaus Zurich, Georges Braque, exh. cat. (Zurich: Kunsthaus, 1953), p. 8 (cat. 90), as Femme devant le chevalet, 1936.
  • Arts Club of Chicago, Twentieth Century Art Loaned by Members of the Arts Club of Chicago, exh. cat. (Chicago: Arts Club, 1954), n.p. (cat. 3), as Femme Peignant, 1936.

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