About This Artwork

Charles Courtney Curran
American, 1861-1942

An Alcove in the Art Students' League, 1888

Oil on canvas
21.6 x 29.2 cm (8 1/2 x 11 1/2 in.)
signed, lower left: "CHAS. C. CURRAN 88"
Bequest of Kate L. Brewster, 1950.1514

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Exhibition History

Chicago, Terra Museum of American Art, "On Process: Studio Themes," January 12-March 4, 2001.

Publication History

Judith A. Barter et al, The Age of American Impressionism: Masterpieces from the Art Institute of Chicago (Art Institute of Chicago/Yale University Press, 2011), no. 77.

Ownership History

The artist; sold to James William Ellsworth (1849–1925), Chicago, 1888, for $135; possibly bequeathed to his daughter Clare Ellsworth Prentice (born 1885), 1925; possibly traded to John Levy or Henry Reinhardt Galleries, New York; Chester H. Johnson Galleries, Chicago; sold to Kate L. Brewster, Nov. 9, 1927, for $250 [as Julian Academy]; bequeathed to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1950.