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Sold by the Art Institute of Chicago

Francis Chapin

Pink House

Lot Closed

March 17, 04:14 PM GMT

Estimate

5,000 - 7,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Sold by the Art Institute of Chicago

Francis Chapin

1899 - 1965

Pink House


signed Francis Chapin (lower right)

oil on canvas

30 by 25 ⅛ in.

76.2 by 63.8 cm.

Executed in 1933.

Acquired from the artist in 1933 by the present owner

Josephine Hancock Logan, Sanity in Art, Chicago, 1937, p. 91, illustrated

Paul Schofield, “The Midwest Scene Comes of Age,” Parnassus 9, no. 4, April 1937, p. 14, illustrated

Briggs Dyer, “Francis Chapin and His Art,” Magazine of Art, ed. 34, no. 6, June–July 1941, p. 305, illustrated

"Paintings in the Art Institute of Chicago," Art Institute of Chicago Newsletter, 1961, p. 75

"Art in Illinois in the Art Institute,” Calendar of the Art Institute of Chicago, no. 3, May–Aug 1968, p. 9, illustrated