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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
Art Institute of Chicago, Photography + Folk Art: Looking for America in the 1930s, Sept. 21, 2019–Jan. 19, 2020, no cat.
Publications
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), fig. 1, p. 115. 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
- 1870–90
- Medium
- Wood and paint
- Dimensions
- 15.2 × 10.2 ✕ 5.1 cm (6 × 4 ✕ 2 in.)
- Type
- Sculpture
- Classification
- sculpture
- Style
- Folk Art
- Place
- Pennsylvania
- Department
- Arts of the Americas
- Credit line
- Bequest of Elizabeth R. Vaughan
- Accession no.
- 1950.1991
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-00001896
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