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Provenance
Elizabeth Vaughan (born Tyson, 1871–1949), South Berwick, ME, and Sherborn, MA, by 1949 [incoming permanent receipt R9946, Jan. 11, 1950; copy in curatorial object file]; bequeathed to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1950.
Exhibition history
Chicago, Mandel Brothers Department Store, Apr. 14–30, 1952. Art Institute of Chicago, Photography + Folk Art: Looking for America in the 1930s, Sept. 21, 2019–Jan. 19, 2020, no cat.
Publications
Alan R. Sawyer, "American Folk Art," The Art Institute of Chicago Quarterly 47, no. 1 (Feb. 1, 1953): 11–14 (ill.). Milo M. Naeve, American Art and the Great Seal, Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago (1973–1982), v. 70, no. 4 (July–August 1976), 2–12 (ill.). Anita Gold, Collectibles Chicago Tribune, Section 15, November 18, 1990, 17 (ill.). Judith A. Barter and Monica Obniski, "For Kith and Kin: The Folk Art Collection at the Art Institute of Chicago," (Art Institute of Chicago/Yale University Press, 2012) no. 50. Karla Klein Albertson, "Photography + Folk Art," Antiques and the Arts Weekly, Nov. 19, 2019, https://www.antiquesandthearts.com/photography-folk-art, ill.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Wilhelm Schimmel (American, born Germany, 1817–1890) / Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
- Date
- 1865–90
- Medium
- Paint on tulipwood
- Dimensions
- 32.7 × 68.1 × 30.5 cm (12 7/8 × 26 13/16 × 12 1/16 in.)
- Type
- Sculpture
- Classification
- sculpture
- Style
- Folk Art
- Place
- Pennsylvania
- Department
- Arts of the Americas
- Credit line
- Bequest of Elizabeth R. Vaughan
- Accession no.
- 1950.1984
More by Wilhelm Schimmel in museum collections
Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Open-access museum record · AT-00001895
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