About This Artwork

Jules Pascin
American, born Bulgaria, 1885-1930

Maison Close, n.d.

Carbon transferred with stylus on cream wove paper, laid down
496 x 657 mm
Signed recto, lower right, in pen and black ink: "pascin"
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Shapiro, 1992.259

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Exhibition History

Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, "Selections from the Joseph Randall Shapiro Collection," December 20, 1969–February 1, 1970, n.p., cat. 123.

Chicago, Spertus Museum of Judaica, "The French Connection: Jewish Artists in the School of Paris 1900–1940, Works in Chicago Collections," October 24–December 31, 1982, n.p., cat. 54.

The Art Institute of Chicago, "An Irrational Act: Gifts of Surrealist Works on Paper from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Randall Shapiro," December 15, 1992–May 16, 1993, hors. cat..

Ownership History

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Shapiro, Chicago, by 1969 [Chicago 1969]; given to the Art Institute, 1992.