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    Elaine by Toby Edward Rosenthal
    Toby Edward Rosenthal. Elaine, 1874. The Art Institute of Chicago. Public domain (CC0).
    AT-00001213

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    Elaine

    by Toby Edward Rosenthal

    Inscriptions

    Signed, lower right: "Toby E. Rosenthal Munich. 1874"

    Exhibition history

    Berlin, Germany, Konigliche Academie der Kunst, Verzeichnisse der Werke lebender kunstler ausgestellt in den Salen des Konig, Sept. 6–Nov. 1, 1874, no. 669. Boston, Elilot, Blakeslee & Noyes Gallery, Jan–Feb. 1875. San Francisco, Snow and May Gallery, Mar. 30–Apr. 10, 1875. Philadelphia, Centennial Exhibition of 1876, 1876, no. 177. San Francisco, Snow & Company, Mar. 1885. Urbana, College of Fine and Applied Arts, University of Illinois, Paintings from the Nickerson Collection, Extended Loan, Dec. 20, 1920 – Nov. 22, 1949. Evanston, Illinois, Scott Hall, Northwestern University, Apr. 2–9, 1954. Cincinnati Art Museum, Munich & American Realism in the 19th Century, Apr. 20–May 28, 1978; Milwaukee Art Center, July 13–Aug. 27, 1978; Sacramento, E.B. Crocker Art Gallery, Oct. 28–Dec. 10, 1978. Detroit Institute of Arts, The Quest for Unity: American Art between World's Fairs, 1876–1893, Aug. 22–Oct. 30, 1983, cat. 11.

    Publications

    Walt M. Fisher, "Toby Rosenthal: How He Became a Painter," Overland Monthly 14, 3 (March 1875), 284–87. Charles W. Stoddard, "A Note from Abroad," Overland Monthly 15, 6 (December 1875) p. 589. Benjamin E. Lloyd, "Light and Shades of San Francisco" (Bancroft & Co., 1876), 416–19. unknown, "The Jew in San Francisco: the Last Half of the Century," Overland Monthly, 25 (April 1895), 381–410. Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago, IV (October 1910) p. 27. Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago, XI (February 1917), 272, 278. Eugene Neuhaus, "The History and Ideals of American Art" (Stanford University Press, 1931), 154–55. Gene Hailey, ed. "California Art Research" (1936–37) vol. 3. William M. Kramer and Norton B. Stern, "The Great "Elaine" Robbery: The Crime Against Civilization," Journal of the West, 10, 4 (October 1971),585–95. William M. Kramer and Norton B. Stern, "Toby E. Rosenthal: San Francisco's Artist" (Santa Susana Press, 1978).

    Quick Overview

    Artist
    Toby Edward Rosenthal (American, 1848–1917)
    Date
    1874
    Medium
    Oil on canvas
    Dimensions
    97.9 × 158.8 cm (38 9/16 × 62 1/2 in.)
    Type
    Painting
    Classification
    painting
    Place
    Munich
    Department
    Arts of the Americas
    Credit line
    Gift of Mrs. Maurice Rosenfeld
    Accession no.
    1917.3

    Provenance

    The artist, Munich, Germany, 1874; sold to Mrs. Robert C. Johnson, San Francisco, Fall 1874; sold to Mr. Boardman, New York, c. 1885; sold to Mr. Joseph Rosenberg, Heidelberg, Germany, May 1887; sold to Mrs. Maurice Rosenfeld, Chicago, c. 1891; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1917.

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