Provenance · Collection
Potter Palmer
This catalog gathers 27 public-domain works assembled in the Potter Palmer collection. Every work is held by Art Institute of Chicago.
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Lion Hunt -
Landscape with the Ruins of the Castle of Egmond -
Acrobats at the Cirque Fernando (Francisca and Angelina Wartenberg) -
House of Mère Bazot -
On the Bank of the Seine, Bennecourt -
Bordighera -
The Sacred Grove, Beloved of the Arts and the Muses -
The Races at Longchamp -
Stacks of Wheat (Sunset, Snow Effect) -
In the Auvergne -
Sea View, Calm Weather (Vue de mer, temps calme) -
Young Woman -
Mrs. Potter Palmer -
Street in Moret -
The Place du Havre, Paris -
Arleux-Palluel, The Bridge of Trysts -
The Petite Creuse River -
Seascape -
Flower Girl in Holland -
The Departure of the Boats, Étretat -
Woman and Child at the Well -
Arab Horseman Attacked by a Lion -
Lunch at the Restaurant Fournaise (The Rowers' Lunch) -
Near the Lake -
The Annunciation -
Interrupted Reading -
Dante's Bark
On provenance & the public domain
A credit line — the small "Collection of…" note beside a work on a museum wall — records its provenance: how the object passed from a private hand into a public collection, whether as an outright gift, a bequest left in a will, the purchase from a named endowment, or an entire collection acquired at once. Because these works are in the public domain, anyone can study, share, and reproduce them freely. Browsing by provenance follows the human story behind a museum's holdings — the collectors and benefactors whose generosity put these works where the public can see them.
Every work in this catalog is in the public domain; images come from the museums that hold them.