thegetty:#ProvenancePeek: A Chicago Monet Every art object has a story—not only of how it was made,
thegetty:#ProvenancePeek: A Chicago Monet Every art object has a story—not only of how it was made, but of how it changed hands over time until it found its current home. That story is provenance. This 1884 Monet landscape of the town of Bordighera in Italy currently lives at the Art Institute of Chicago. But it didn’t always. This Monet is part of the Potter Palmer Collection of the Art Institute. Potter Palmer was an American businessman known mostly for his development of State Street in Chicago, as well as his forays into retail with his prominent department store, which would later become Macy’s on State Street. Palmer purchased the Monet from M. Knoedler & Co. in 1891, willing it to the AIC in 1922. M. Knoedler & Co. was one of the most influential dealers in the history of art. The Gallery is mostly known for selling European paintings to collectors whose holdings later formed the genesis of great U.S. museums. The sale of this Monet to Palmer epitomizes the relationships Knoedler had with American collectors.Bordighera, 1884, Claude Monet. Oil on canvas, 25 5/8 x 31 13/16 in. The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, USA; pages from the stock and sales books of M. Knoedler & Co. documenting the painting._______#ProvenancePeek is a monthly series by research assistant Kelly Davis peeking into #onthisday provenance finds from the M. Knoedler & Co. archives at the Getty Research Institute. -- source link
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