Two Sisters, Valencia

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European Painting and Sculpture

1909

Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida
Spanish, 1863-1923

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Artist: Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida
Title: Two Sisters, Valencia
Origin: Spain
Date: 1909
Medium: Oil on canvas
Inscriptions: inscribed, l.r.: "J. Sorolla 1909"
Dimensions: 69 3/8 x 44 1/8 in. (176.2 x 112.1 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. William Stanley North in memory of William Stanley North
Reference Number: 1911.28

Doménech, Rafael, Sorolla: sa vie et son oeuvre, Bibliotheque d’Art Espanol 1 (Madrid : Léonce Miguel, 1910), pp. 84, fig. 111 (ill.), 85, fig. 113 (detail ill.), 86, fig. 113 (detail ill.).
Art Institute of Chicago, “Sorolla’s Exhibition and Visit,” Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago 4,4 (April 1911), pp. 60, 61 (ill.).
Williams, Leonard, Catalogue of Paintings by Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida under the Management of the Hispanic Society of America, exh. cat. (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1911), cat. 7.
Gil, Roldolfo, Joaquín Sorolla, Monografías de arte universal 7 (Madrid, Saenz de Jubera Hermanos, 1913), p. 53.
M.I.G.O., “Studio Talk: Chicago,” International Studio 49, 193-96 (March-June 1913), pp. 166, 167 (ill.).
Bryant, Lorinda Munson, What Pictures to See in America (New York : John Lane Company, 1915), p. 259, fig. 168 (ill.).
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Catalogue of the Inaugural Exhibition, exh. cat. (Minneapolis: Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts, 1915), cat. 285.
Art Institute of Chicago, First Exhibition of Work by the Alumni of the Art Institute of Chicago, exh. cat. (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1918), cat. 678.
Toledo Museum of Art, Contemporary Spanish Paintings, exh. cat. (Toledo, Ohio: Toledo Museum of Art, 1928).
Art Institute of Chicago, A Guide to the Paintings in the Permanent Collection (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1932), p. 97 (ill.).
Art Institute of Chicago, Catalogue of a Century of Progress Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture, exh. cat. (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1933), cat. 275.
Milwaukee Art Institute, Five Centuries of Spanish Art, exh. cat. (Milwaukee: Milwaukee Art Institute, 1952), cat. 46.
Society of the Four Arts, Spanish Painting, exh. cat. (Palm Beach, Fla.: Society of the Four Arts, 1952), cat. 42.
de Pantorba, Bernardino, La vida y la obra de Joaquín Sorolla: estudio biográfico y crítico (Madrid: Editorial Mayfe, 1953), pp. 98 (ill.), 99, no. 1097, 166.
Art Institute of Chicago, Paintings in The Art Institute of Chicago: A Catalogue of the Picture Collection (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1961), p. 420.
de Pantorba, Bernardino, La vida y la obra de Joaquín Sorolla: estudio biográfico y crítico, 2nd ed. (Madrid: Editorial Mayfe, 1970), p. 170, no. 1097.
Speyer, A. James, and Courtney Graham Donnell, Twentieth Century European Painting (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1980), p. 70, no. 3G10.
Peel, Edmund, The Painter, Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida, exh. cat. (San Diego: San Diego Museum of Art; Valencia, Spain: IVAM Centre Julio Gonzáles, 1989), cat. 51 (color ill.).
Brown, J. Carter, Rings: Five Passions in World Art, exh. cat. (New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc. in association with the High Museum, 1996), no cat. no., pp. 260, 261 (color ill.).
Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao, Sorolla & Zuloaga: Dos Visiones Para Un Cambio de Siglo, exh. cat. (Bilbao: Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao, 1998), cat. 45 (color ill.).
Roglán, Mark, et. al., Prelude to Spanish Modernism: Fortuny to Picasso, exh. cat. (Albuquerque: Albuquerque Museum, 2005), pp. 25, 216, 217 (color pl. 45).
Sargent/Sorolla, (Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza), p. 90 (ill.), cat. 22.
Pons-Sorolla, Blanca, et. al., Sorolla and America, exh. cat. (Dallas: Meadows Museum, Southern Methodist University; San Diego: The San Diego Museum of Art, 2013-2014), pp. 155, 169 (color ill.), cat. 39.

Chicago, 1909.
Chicago, Art Institute, Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida, February 14-March 12, 1911, cat. 7.
Boston, Copley Society, February 20-March 28, 1912.
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Inaugural Exhibition, January-February 1915, cat. 285.
Chicago, Art Institute, First Exhibition of Work by the Alumni of the Art Institute of Chicago, January 8-February 7, 1918, cat. 678.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, June 1919.
Toledo, Ohio, Museum of Art, Contemporary Spanish Paintings, February-April 1928.
Chicago, Art Institute, A Century of Progress Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture, June 1-November 1, 1933, cat. 275.
Palm Beach, Fla., Society of the Four Arts, Spanish Painting, January 11-February 6, 1952, cat. 42.
Milwaukee Art Institute, Five Centuries of Spanish Art, September 5-October 25, 1952, cat. 46.
New York, IBM Gallery of Science and Art, The Painter, Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida, March 14-May 13, 1989, cat. 51 (color ill.); traveled to Saint Louis Art Museum, June 23-August 13, 1989; San Diego Museum of Art, September 16-October 28, 1989; Valencia, Spain, Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderno, November 28, 1989-January 28, 1990.
Atlanta, High Museum of Art, Rings: Five Passions in World Art, July 4-September 29, 1996, no cat. no., pp. 260, 261 (color ill.).
Bilbao, Spain, Museo de Bellas Artes, Sorolla & Zuloaga: Dos Visiones Para Un Cambio de Siglo, December 19, 1997-February 22, 1998, cat. 45 (color ill.).
The Albuquerque Museum, Prelude to Spanish Modernism: Fortuny to Picasso, August 21-November 27, 2005, pp. 25, 216, 217 (color pl. 45); traveled to Dallas, Meadows Museum, Southern Methodist University Dallas, December 11, 2005-February 26, 2006.
Madrid, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Sargent/Sorolla, October 3, 2006–January 8, 2007, cat. 22; traveled to Paris, Musée de Petit Palais, 2007.
Dallas, Meadows Museum, Southern Methodist University, Sorolla and America, December 13, 2013-April 19, 2014, cat. 39 (ill.); San Diego Museum of Art, May 30-August 26, 2014; Madrid, Fundación Mapfre, September 23, 2014-January 11, 2015.

Thomas Fortune Ryan, New York, 1909 [Chicago 1911]. Mrs. William S. (Elizabeth H.) North, Chicago, probably March 1911 [Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago 1911]; given to the Art Institute, 1911.