17th International Watercolor Exhibition, Circuited by the Chicago Art Institute, October 13-November 13, 1938

Sub-Series

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The annual exhibition of watercolor paintings by artists from dozens of countries, including 41 works by international artists and 119 by American artists assembled and circuited by the Art Institute of Chicago.
The exhibition records span six folders and include an exhibition description, object and price list, lender correspondence, planning correspondence, future exhibition correspondence, and registration receipts. A copy of the catalog is in the catalog collection.

Dates

Creation: October 13-November 13, 1938

Creator

Art Institute of Chicago (1879-) (Arranger, Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

The price list must be redacted before viewing.

Biographical / Historical

The Art Institute of Chicago in Chicago's Grant Park, founded in 1879, is one of the oldest and largest art museums in the world. Recognized for its curatorial efforts and popularity among visitors, the museum hosts approximately 1.5 million people annually. Its collection, stewarded by 11 curatorial departments, is encyclopedic, and includes many iconic works. Its permanent collection of nearly 300,000 works of art is augmented by more than 30 special exhibitions mounted yearly that illuminate aspects of the collection and present cutting-edge curatorial and scientific research.

As a research institution, the Art Institute also has a conservation and conservation science department, five conservation laboratories, and one of the largest art history and architecture libraries in the country, the Ryerson and Burnham Libraries. The growth of the collection has warranted several additions to the museum's 1893 building, which was constructed for the World's Columbian Exposition. The most recent expansion, the Modern Wing designed by Renzo Piano, opened in 2009 and increased the museum's footprint to nearly one million square feet, making it the second-largest art museum in the United States. The Art Institute is associated with the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. From 1890, the Art Institute held an annual exhibition of painting and sculpture, which would often tour the United States. This exhibition at the Legion of Honor was the only time the exhibition would come to the Fine Arts Museums.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Institute_of_Chicago

Extent

0.2 Linear Feet (The exhibition records span six folders plus a copy of the catalog. )

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Abstract

Arrangement

The materials are separated by content and type and organized chronologically.

Related Exhibitions

Legion of Honor: Paintings from the Collection of the Friends of American Art of the Art Institute of Chicago (1926)
Legion of Honor: First Annual Exhibition of Western Watercolor Painting and International Watercolors Assembled by the College Art Association (1932)
de Young: First International Exhibition of Etching and Engraving, Assembled by the Art Institute of Chicago (1933)
Legion of Honor: Contemporary German, Austrian, and Swiss Watercolors (1936)
de Young: Fifth International Exhibition of Lithography and Wood Engraving (Assembled by the Art Institute of Chicago) (1936)
Legion of Honor: 48th Annual American Painting Exhibition Assembled by The Art Institute of Chicago (1938)
Legion of Honor: 19th International Watercolors Exhibition, Circuited by the Art Institute of Chicago (1940)

Separated Materials

The 16th annual exhibition catalog is housed in the Legion of Honor Exhibition Catalog collection in box 2. The 17th annual exhibition catalog that matches the contents of this exhibition is available from the Art Institute of Chicago: https://www.artic.edu/exhibitions/5864/international-exhibition-of-water-colors-17th-annual.