About This Artwork
Maria Elena Vieira da Silva
French, born Portugal, 1908–1992
Composition, 1936/37
Oil on canvas
32 1/8 x 39 5/8 in. (81.6 x 100.7 cm)
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Bequest of Maxine Kunstadter, 1978.404
Medieval to Modern European Painting and Sculpture
Gallery 395A
Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories
Exhibition History
Hannover, Kestner Gesellschaft, Vieira da Silva, March 29–May 11, 1958, no. 8a; traveled to: Wuppertal, Kunst-und Museumsverein, June 1–June 29, 1958, no. 3; and Bremen, Kunsthalle, July-August 1958, n.p., no. 8a, as Ohne Titel.London, Gimpel Fils Gallery Ltd., Collectors Choice XIV, July-August 1958, n.p. (ill.), no. 48.
Publication History
A. James Speyer and Courtney Graham Donnell, Twentieth-Century European Paintings (Chicago, 1980), p. 74, pl. 4B11.
Ownership History
Julian Trevelyan, London, purchased directly from artist [letter November 27, 2001 from René Gimpel and copy of Gimpel Fils stock card in curatorial file]. R. Phillips, London, by 1956 [letter mentioned above]; sold to Gimpel Fils Gallery Ltd., London, by 1956 to June 1968 [letter mentioned above]; sold to Sigmund and Maxine Kunstadter, Chicago, June 1968–1978 [letter mentioned above and Gimpel Fils stock card]; bequeathed to the Art Institute, 1978.