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Young Woman in Black
Robert Henri · 1902
Provenance
Ownership history
- The artist, New York; sold to the Friends of American Art, Art Institute of Chicago, 1910; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1910.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, <em>Seventy-Second Annual Exhibition</em>, Jan. 19–Feb. 28, 1903, cat. 88, as <em>Portrait</em>.
- Cincinnati Museum, </em>Tenth Annual Exhibition of American Art</em>, May 23–July 6, 1903, cat. 32, as <em>Portrait</em>.
- Pittsburg, Carnegie Institute, <em>Eighth Annual Exhibition</em>, Nov. 5, 1903–Jan. 1, 1904, cat. 72.
- Saint Louis, The Art Palace, Universal Exposition, <em>Louisiana Purchase Exposition</em>, Apr. 30–Dec. 1, 1904, cat. 276, no. 354 (awarded Silver Medal).
- Art Institute of Chicago, <a href="https://www.artic.edu/exhibitions/4298/municipal-art-league-loan-exhibition-of-portraits"><em>Municipal Art League of Chicago: Loan Exhibition of Portraits</em></a>, Jan. 2–22, 1905, cat. 53.
- Boston Art Club, <em>Seventy-Fifth Annual Exhibition</em>, Jan. 4– , 1907.
- Washington, DC, Corcoran Gallery, 1908.
- Venice, Italy, <em>Eighth Esposizione internazionale d’arte la Citta di Venezia</em>, Apr. 22–Oct. 31, 1909, cat.
- Baltimore, Maryland Institute Gallery, <em>Exhibition of the Works of American Artists</em>, Apr. 4–30, 1910, cat. 54.
- Milwaukee Art Institute, <em>An Exhibition of Forty Paintings Presented to the Art Institute of Chicago by the Friends of American Art</em>, Mar. 1–29, 1925, cat. 20.
- New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, <em>The Robert Henry Memorial Exhibition</em>, Mar. 9–Apr. 19, 1931; cat. 14; MD, Baltimore Museum of Art, <em>The Robert Henri Memorial Exhibition</em>, May 1931.
- Art Institute of Chicago, <a href="https://www.artic.edu/exhibitions/3355/a-century-of-progress-loan-exhibition-of-art-for-1934"><em>A Century of Progress: Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture</em></a>, June 1–Nov. 1, 1934, cat. 455.
Literature
Published references
- Austin E. Howland, "Eighth Annual Exhibition of Paintings at Pittsburg," <em>Brush and Pencil</em> 13, no. 2 (Nov., 1903): 137-43, 148, 152-53, <a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/25503679">https://www.jstor.org/stable/25503679</a>.
- Carnegie Institute, <em>Catalogue of the Eighth Annual Exhibition at the Carnegie Institute</em>, exh. cat. (Carnegie Institute, 1903), n.p., cat. 72.
- Cincinnati Museum, <em>The Tenth Annual Exhibition of American Art</em>, exh. cat. (Cincinnati Museum, 1903), 7, 20, cat. 32, as <em>Portrait</em>.
- Pennsylvania Academy of the the Fine Arts, <em>Catalogue of the Seventy-Second Annual Exhibition</em>, exh. cat. (Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1903), 17, 98, cat. 88, as <Portrait</em>, <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/2027/gri.ark:/13960/t0dv6xx0p">https://hdl.handle.net/2027/gri.ark:/13960/t0dv6xx0p</a>.
- Louisiana Purchase Exposition, et al., <em>Illustrations of Selected Works in the Various National Sections of the Department of Art</em>, exh. cat. (Saint Louis: Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company, 1904), 275–77, cat. 276 (ill.), as <em>Portrait of Young Woman in Black</em> and <em>A Lady in Black</em>.
- Municipal Art League of Chicago and the Art Institute of Chicago, <em>Catalogue of Loan Exhibition of Portraits: The Art Institute and Exhibition Committee of the Municipal Art League of Chicago</em>, exh. cat. (Art Institute of Chicago, 1905), n.p., cat. 53.
- James William Pattison, “Robert Henri—Painter,” <em>House Beautiful</em> 20 (Aug., 1906): 19 (ill.).
- "Boston," <em>American Art News</em> 5, no. 13 (Jan. 12, 1907): 2, <a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/25590237">https://www.jstor.org/stable/25590237</a>.
- "Corcoran Gallery Exhibit: Some Notable Works," <em>American Art News</em> 7, no. 10 (Dec. 19, 1908): 2, <a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/25590389">https://www.jstor.org/stable/25590389</a>.
- Robert Henri, “Progress in Our National Art Must Spring from the Development of Individuality and Freedom of Expression: A Suggestion for a New Art School,” <em>Craftsman</em> 15, no. 4 (Jan., 1909): 395 (ill.).
- "Baltimore," <em>American Art News</em> 8, no. 26 (Apr. 9, 1910): 3, <a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/25590586">https://www.jstor.org/stable/25590586</a>.
- James Frederick Hopkins, <em>Exhibition of the Works of American Artists</em>, exh. cat. (Maryland Institute Gallery, 1910), 41, cat. 54.
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