<P> In 1923 , Frederic Bartlett was appointed trustee of the Art Institute of Chicago . He and his second wife , Helen Birch Bartlett , loaned their collection of French Post-Impressionist and Modernist art to the museum . It was Mrs. Bartlett who had an interest in French and avant - garde artists and influenced her husband 's collecting tastes . Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte was purchased on the advice of the Art Institute of Chicago 's curatorial staff in 1924 . </P>
<P> In 1923 , Frederic Bartlett was appointed trustee of the Art Institute of Chicago . He and his second wife , Helen Birch Bartlett , loaned their collection of French Post-Impressionist and Modernist art to the museum . It was Mrs. Bartlett who had an interest in French and avant - garde artists and influenced her husband 's collecting tastes . Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte was purchased on the advice of the Art Institute of Chicago 's curatorial staff in 1924 . </P>
where is the painting a sunday on la grande jatte
where is the painting a sunday on la grande jatte
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