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<p>[QUOTE="all_fakes, post: 303237, member: 55"]As to date: I note that the article on the back mentions that the painting was owned by Chauncey McCormick who "was chairman of the exhibit."</p><p> McCormick was associated with the Art Institute of Chicago from 1925-1954, but in 1927 became Chairman of the art committee for the Chicago World's Fair of 1933; their well-known art exhibit included "Whistler's Mother" and very likely that is the exhibit referred to in the article. That exhibit was quite important in popularizing many works of fine art.</p><p>With that in mind I'd think that the reproductions of this painting would have been done sometime after 1933. McCormick was also involved with other exhibits between 1940 and his death in 1954, of course.</p><p>(I'm assuming the article and the print come from the same source, though of course the article could have been reprinted and attached to a later print - but not to an earlier one.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="all_fakes, post: 303237, member: 55"]As to date: I note that the article on the back mentions that the painting was owned by Chauncey McCormick who "was chairman of the exhibit." McCormick was associated with the Art Institute of Chicago from 1925-1954, but in 1927 became Chairman of the art committee for the Chicago World's Fair of 1933; their well-known art exhibit included "Whistler's Mother" and very likely that is the exhibit referred to in the article. That exhibit was quite important in popularizing many works of fine art. With that in mind I'd think that the reproductions of this painting would have been done sometime after 1933. McCormick was also involved with other exhibits between 1940 and his death in 1954, of course. (I'm assuming the article and the print come from the same source, though of course the article could have been reprinted and attached to a later print - but not to an earlier one.)[/QUOTE]
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