Chicago Harbor

Arts of the Americas

1931

William S. Schwartz
American, 1896–1977

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of the Americas

Artist: William Samuel Schwartz
Title: Chicago Harbor
Place: United States (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1931
Medium: Oil on canvas
Inscriptions: signed l.r.: "WILLIAM S. SCHWARTZ;" inscribed on reverse: "CHICAGO HARBOR/By/WILLIAM S. SCHWARTZ/#257"
Dimensions: 76.7 × 91.1 cm (30 3/16 × 35 7/8 in.)
Credit Line: Anonymous gift
Reference Number: 1951.18

Los Angeles, Baker Brothers Art Galleries, Modern paintings, dates unknown.
Art Institute of Chicago, Thirty–Sixth Annual Exhibition by Artists of Chicago and Vicinity, Jan. 28–Mar. 20, 1932, cat. 175.
Art Institute of Chicago, A Century of Progress, Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture, June 1–Nov. 1, 1933, cat. 633, as Chicago River Harbor.
Art Institute Of Chicago, Exhibition of Paintings and Lithographs By William S. Schwartz, July 25–Oct. 13, 1935, cat. 33.
Chicago, University Club, May 1960–Jan. 1961, no cat.
Art Institute of Chicago, Art in Illinois: In Honor of the Illinois Sesquicentennial, June 15–Sept. 8, 1968 (no cat.).
Peoria, Lakeview Center for the Arts and Sciences, Illinois Landscape Art, Dec. 1–31, 1976, unnumbered cat.
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 100 Artists––100 Years, Nov. 23, 1979–Jan. 20, 1980, cat. 93.
Brussels, United States Embassy, Whitlock Hall, Art in Embassies Exhibition, May 15, 2019–Dec. 13, 2020, no cat. no.

The artist, Chicago, 1931; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1951.

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