Antwerp

Modern Art

1906

Georges Braque
French, 1882–1963

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Modern Art

Artist: Georges Braque
Title: Antwerp
Place: France (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.: 1906
Medium: Oil on canvas
Inscriptions: none
Dimensions: 59.7 × 73 cm (23 1/4 × 28 1/2 in.)
Credit Line: A Millennium Gift of Sara Lee Corporation
Reference Number: 1999.366
Copyright: © 2018 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

Isarlov, George, Georges Braque (Paris: José Corti, 1932), pp. 13 (no. 2), 14, as Anvers.
“Exposition Georges Braque au Musée des Beaux-Arts de Bâle,” Cahiers d’art 8, 1–2 (1933), p. 11 (ill.).
Cooper, Douglas, G. Braque, exh. cat. (London: Arts Council of Great Britain, 1956), pp. 26 (cat. 5), n.p. (pl. 12a, ill.), as Antwerp, summer 1906.
Art Institute, Chicago Collectors, exh. cat. (Chicago: Art Institute, 1963), pp. 3, 49 (pl. 38, ill.), as Antwerp, 1905-07.
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Paintings from the Cummings Collection, exh. cat. (Minneapolis: Institute of Arts, 1965), n.p. (ill.), as Anvers, 1905-1907.
Davenport Municipal Art Gallery, Collection of Masterpieces—Courtesy of Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Cummings, exh. cat. (Davenport: Municipal Art Gallery, 1965), n.p., cover (ill.), as Anvers, 1905-1907.
Paintings from the Cummings Collection, exh. cat. (Detroit: City National Bank, 1966), n.p. (ill.), as Anvers, 1905-1907.
Lyman Allyn Museum, Paintings and Sculpture from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Cummings, exh. cat. (New London, Conn.: Lyman Allyn Museum, 1968), n.p. (ill.), as Anvers, 1905-1907.
National Gallery of Art, Selections from the Nathan Cummings Collection, exh. cat. (Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 1970), pp. 62 (cat. 47, ill.), 95, as Antwerp, 1906.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, Summer Loan 1971 Paintings from New York Collections: Nathan Cummings Collection, exh. cat. (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1971), p. 1 (cat. 3), as Antwerp, 1906.
Art Institute, Major Works form the Collection of Nathan Cummings, exh. cat. (Chicago: Art Institute, 1973), p. 51 (cat. 42, ill.), as Antwerp, 1906.
Martin, Alvin Randolph III, “Georges Braque: Stylistic Formation and Transition, 1900–1909” (Ph.D. dissertation, Harvard University, 1979), pp. 52, 53, 56, 69, 315, 333 (fig. 17, ill.), as Port of Antwerp/Port (Harbor), Antwerp.
Kim, Youngna, “The Early Works of Georges Braque, Raoul Dufy, and Othon Friesz: The Le Havre Group of Fauvist Painters” (Ph.D. dissertation, Ohio State University, 1980), pp. 138, 345, (fig. 161, ill.), as The Escaut at Antwerp, 1906.
Brettell, Richard, An Impressionist Legacy: The Collection of Sara Lee Corporation (New York: Abbeville Press, 1986), pp. 104, 105 (ill.), 106 (detail), 115–116, as Antwerp (Anvers), 1906.
Freeman, Judi, The Fauve Landscape, exh. cat. (Los Angeles: County Museum of Art, 1990), pp. 93 (pl. 103, ill.), 269, as Anvers (Antwerp), summer 1906.
Boston, Richard, “Shock of the few,” Guardian (June 19, 1991), p. 36, as Port of Antwerp.
Thomson, Richard, “Young Man’s Painting,” Times Literary Supplement 4604 (June 28, 1991), p. 16 (ill.), as Antwerp, 1906.
Freeman, Judi, Fauves, exh. cat. (Sydney: Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1995), p. 34 (cat. 2), 35 (ill.), as Antwerp, summer 1906.
Guralnik, Nehama, Fauvism: “Wild Beasts,”exh. cat. (Tel Aviv: Museum of Art, 1996), pp. 21 (ill.), 22 (cat. 2), as Antwerp, summer 1906.
Artner, Alan G., “Sara Lee takes its art to new level,” Chicago Tribune (June 3, 1998), pp. 1, 14 (ill.), as Antwerp, 1906.
Dobrzynski, Judith H. , “Sara Lee is Donating Impressionist Art to 20 U.S. Museums,” New York Times (June 3, 1998), p. B8 (ill.), as Antwerp.
Brettell, Richard R., Monet to Moore: The Millennium Gift of Sara Lee Corporation, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1999), pp. 14 (cat. 4), 15 (ill.), 16, 17 (detail), 18-19, as Antwerp (Anvers), summer 1909.
Wood, James N. and Debra N. Mancoff, Treasures from The Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago: Art Institute, 2000), p. 238 (ill.), as Antwerp, 1906.
Serrano, Véronique, Georges Braque et le paysage: De l’Estaque à Varengeville, 1906-1963, exh. cat. (Marseille and Paris: Musée Cantini and Hazan, 2006), pp. 157 (fig. 90, ill.), 177, as Anvers, été 1906.

Arts Council of Great Britain and Edinburgh Festival Society (organizer), G. Braque, pp. 26 (cat. 5), n.p. (pl. 12a, ill.), as Antwerp, summer 1906; traveled to Edinburgh, Royal Scottish Academy, August 18–September 15, 1956; and London, Tate Gallery, September 28–November 11, 1956.
Chicago, Art Institute, Chicago Collectors, September 20–October 27, 1963, pp. 3, 49 (pl. 38, ill.), as Antwerp, 1905-07.
Minneapolis, Institute of Arts, Paintings from the Cummings Collection, January 14–March 7, 1965, n.p. (ill.), as Anvers, 1905-1907.
Davenport, Iowa, Davenport Municipal Art Gallery, Collection of Masterpieces—Courtesy of Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Cummings, March 21–April 11, 1965, n.p., cover (ill.), as Anvers, 1905-1907.
Detroit, First National Building, City National Bank, Paintings from the Cummings Collection, January 20–February 2, 1966, n.p. (ill.), as Anvers, 1905-1907.
New London, Conn., Lyman Allyn Museum, Paintings and Sculpture from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Cummings, January 19–February 18, 1968, n.p., as Anvers, 1905-1907.
Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art, Selections from the Nathan Cummings Collection, June 28–September 11, 1970, pp. 62 (cat. 47, ill.), 95, as Antwerp; traveled to New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Summer Loan 1971 Paintings from New York Collections: Nathan Cummings Collection, July 1–September 7, 1971, p. 1 (cat. 3), as Antwerp, 1906.
Chicago, Art Institute, Major Works from the Collection of Nathan Cummings, October 20–December 9, 1973, p. 51 (cat. 42, ill.), as Antwerp, 1906.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Fauve Landscape, October 4–December 30, 1990, pp. 93 (pl. 103, ill.), 269, as Anvers (Antwerp), summer 1906; traveled to New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, February 19–May 5, 1991; and London, Royal Academy of Arts, June 10–September 1, 1991.
Sydney, Art Gallery of New South Wales, The Fauves, December 8, 1995–February 18, 1996, p. 34 (cat. 2), 35 (ill.), as Antwerp, summer 1906; traveled to Melbourne, National Gallery of Victoria, February 29–May 13, 1996.
Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Fauvism: “Wild Beasts,” June 6–August 31, 1996, pp. 21 (ill.), 22 (cat. 2), as Antwerp/Anvers, summer 1906.
Laren, The Netherlands, Singer Museum, The Sara Lee Collection: An Impressionist Legacy, October 18, 1997–February 15, 1998.
Sara Lee Corporation (organizers), Monet to Moore: The Millennium Gift of Sara Lee Corporation, pp. 14 (cat. 4), 15 (ill.), 16, 17 (detail), 18-19, as Antwerp (Anvers), Summer 1906; traveled to Canberra, National Gallery of Australia, June 11–August 22, 1999; Raleigh, North Carolina Museum of Art, September 10–November 7, 1999; Portland, Ore., Art Museum, November 19, 1999–January 23, 2000; Singapore, Museum of Art, April 1–May 30, 1999; and Chicago, Art Institute, March 13–May 28, 2000.
Fort Worth, Kimbell Art Museum, The Age of Picasso and Matisse: Modern Masters from the Art Institute of Chicago, Oct. 6, 2013–Feb. 16, 2014, no cat. no.

The artist; Galerie Kahnweiler, Paris, after 1907 to before 1914 [Kahnweiler photo no. 1031; Isarlov 1932]. Possibly sold through Fine Arts Associates, New York to Mr. S. M. Lubitsch, New York, Nov. 1951. Mr. and Mrs. William Bedford, Copenhagen, by 1956 [London 1956]; Mrs. N. Bedford, New York [Chicago 2000]; sold to Nathan Cummings (1896–1985), Chicago, Mar. 29, 1963 [Sara Lee Corporation records]; the Sara Lee Corporation, Chicago, after 1982 and by 1986 [Corporation records mentioned above; Grunwald 1982; Brettell 1986]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, Sept. 13, 1999.

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