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Ice-Bound Falls
Inscriptions
Sig: E. Lawson, 1919 below near right corner
Provenance
The artist, New York; through Daniel Gallery, New York; sold to the Friends of American Art, Art Institute of Chicago, 1920; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1921.
Exhibition history
Art Institute, 33rd Annual Exhibition of American Oil Paintings and Sculpture, Nov. 4–Dec. 12, 1920, no. 89. Buffalo, Albright Art Gallery, 15th Annual Exhibition of Selected Paintings by American Artists, June 2–Sept. 6, 1921, no. 68. Milwaukee Art Institute, An Exhibition of Forty Paintings Presented to the Art Institute of Chicago by the Friends of American Art, Mar. 1–29, 1925, cat. 24. Art Institute of Chicago, A Century of Progress: Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture, May 23–Oct. 31, 1933, cat. 590. Art Institute of Chicago, A Century of Progress, June 1–Oct. 31, 1934, cat. 457. Tucson, University of Arizona Museum of Art, Ernest Lawson retrospective exhibition, Feb. 11–Mar. 8, 1979. Ottawa, National Gallery of Canada, Ernest Lawson, Jan. 13–Feb. 5, 1967, no. 44; Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Confederation Art Gallery and Museum, Feb. 17–Mar. 12; Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Mendel Art Gallery and Civic Conservatory, Apr. 28–May 21; Kingston, Ontario, Agnes Etherington Art Gallery, Sept. 15–Oct. 8; Montreal, Sir George Williams University, Oct. 20–Nov. 20; ONtario, London Public Library and Art Gallery, Nov. 24–Dec. 29; Halifax, Nova Scotia College of Art, July 7–30, 1968; Ontario, Sarnia Public LIbrary, Aug. 11–Sept. 4, all venues except Nova Scotia and Sarnia.
Publications
Milwaukee Art Institute, Catalogue of an Exhibition of Forty Paintings Presented to the Art Institute of Chicago by the Friends of American Art, exh. cat. (Milwaukee Art Institute, 1925), n.p., cat. 24.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Ernest Lawson (American, 1873–1939)
- Date
- 1919
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 100.3 × 127 cm (39 1/2 × 50 in.)
- Type
- Painting
- Classification
- painting
- Place
- United States
- Department
- Arts of the Americas
- Credit line
- Friends of American Art Collection
- Accession no.
- 1921.97
Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
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