Provenance
- before 1982, Paris, Alexandre Ananoff [according to letter from Alexandre Pradère, 2 July 2002, in curatorial file]
- 1982, 7 February, Monaco, Sotheby Parke Bernet, sold, lot 303
- by 1982, New York, Michael Hall Fine Arts
- 1982, sold to the Art Institute
- 1982, Restricted gift of Mrs. Harold T. Martin
Bibliography
- Museum's website, 2 December 2011
- 1885 Thirion
H. Thirion, Les Adam et Clodion, Paris, 1885, p. 45 (ill.) - 1970 Lami
Stanislas Lami, Dictionnaire des sculpteurs de l’ecole francaise 1, reprint Liechtenstein, 1970, cf. p. 4 - 1975 Fusco
Peter Fusco, "Lambert-Sigisbert Adam’s 'Bust of Neptune'," Los Angeles County Museum of Art Bulletin 21, 1975, p. 17, cf. fig. 7 - 1984 Wardropper
Ian Wardropper, "Adam to Clodion: Four French Terracotta Sculptures," Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 11, 1, 1984, pp. 23-37, figs. 1, 2 - 2001 Wardropper
Ian Wardropper, "Collecting European Sculpture at the Art Institute of Chicago," Apollo 154, 475, September 2001, pp. 6, 12, no. 5, fig. 4