Peacock Weather Vane

Art Institute of Chicago

Peacock Weather Vane

Artist unknown (American, active 19th century)LinkedCulture matchlcp-720adf61c688

Date
1800–60
Medium
Iron
Culture
Pennsylvania
Department
Arts of the Americas
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago
Object ID
77688

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Early American weather vanes, such as this silhouetted peacock, were collected in the 20th century for their sculptural qualities and celebrated as precursors to modernism. The Art Institute acquired this hand-forged vane from gallerist Edith Halpert, who distinguished herself in the New York art world by focusing on modern American art and vernacular arts from centuries prior. She operated two galleries in the same building: the Downtown Gallery, which focused on modern American art like the painting My Man (1944.426) by Yasuo Kuniyoshi, and the American Folk Art Gallery. Weather vanes were popular among Halpert’s clients; as Time magazine reported, she “busily stripped the New England skyline of more than 100 vanes” for sale to collectors and museums.

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Credit line
Elizabeth R. Vaughan Fund
Provenance
Private collection, West Chester, PA; "Ekalb" (abbreviation of owner from Downtown Gallery records), CT; with Downtown Gallery, New York, by Nov. 1950 [incoming permanent reciept Rx567, Apr. 1, 1952; copy in curatorial object file]; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1952.

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AAT300301253

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