Inscription: Signed and dated (lower right): Louisa Chase '83; signed, dated, and inscribed (verso): Pink Cave / Louisa Chase / 1983
the artist, New York (1983; sold through the Robert Miller Gallery, New York to MMA)
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Ten New Narrative Paintings," September 15–November 30, 1983, no catalogue.
Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale. "New Narrative Painting: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York," February 9–26, 1984, no. 10 (as "The Pink Cave").
Gubbio, Italy. Palazzo Ducale. "Dialoghi nell'arte (Dialogues in Art)," June 16–September 30, 1984, unnumbered cat. (p. 107).
Mexico City. Museo Rufino Tamayo. "Nueva Pintura Narrativa: Coleccion del Metropolitan Museum of Art, Nueva York," November–December 1984, no. 9.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Selection Two: Twentieth-Century Art," June 4–September 2, 1985, no catalogue.
Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art. "Landscape Painting in the East and West," April 19–June 1, 1986, no. 48.
Kobe City Museum. "Landscape Painting in the East and West," June 7–July 13, 1986, no. 48.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "The 1980s: A New Generation, American Painters and Sculptors," April 13–July 31, 1988, brochure no. 9.
Tulsa, Okla. Philbrook Museum of Art. "The Landscape in Twentieth-Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," April 14–June 9, 1991, no. 53.
Miami. Center for the Fine Arts. "The Landscape in Twentieth-Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," June 29–August 24, 1991, no. 53.
Omaha. Joslyn Art Museum. "The Landscape in Twentieth-Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," September 14–November 10, 1991, no. 53.
Tampa Museum of Art. "The Landscape in Twentieth-Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," December 14, 1991–February 8, 1992, no. 53.
Greenville, S. C. Greenville County Museum of Art. "The Landscape in Twentieth-Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," March 17–May 10, 1992, no. 53.
Madison, Wisc. Madison Art Center. "The Landscape in Twentieth-Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," June 6–August 2, 1992, no. 53.
Grand Rapids, Mich. Grand Rapids Art Museum. "The Landscape in Twentieth-Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," September 11–November 8, 1992, no. 53.
Albany. New York State Museum. "20th Century American Landscapes from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," May 31–October 14, 2001, not in brochure.
Grace Glueck. "The Met Makes Room for the 20th Century." New York Times (September 18, 1983), p. H30.
William S. Lieberman inDialoghi nell'arte (Dialogues in Art). Exh. cat., Gubbio Palazzo Ducale. Gubbio, 1984, pp. 106–7, ill. (color).
William S. Lieberman. Nueva Pintura Narrativa: Coleccion del Metropolitan Museum of Art, Nueva York. Exh. cat., Museo Rufino Tamayo. Mexico City, 1984, pp. 27, 42, ill.
William S. Lieberman inNew Narrative Painting: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Exh. cat., Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale . Fort Lauderdale, 1984, unpaginated, no. 10, ill. (overall and detail).
Kay Larson. "The Met Goes Modern: Bill Lieberman's Brave New Wing." New York Magazine 19 (December 15, 1986), ill. p. 44 (color).
Theodore F. Wolff. "When Modern Artists Turn Nature Lovers." Christian Science Monitor (May 24, 1988), p. 24.
Amei Wallach. "The 80s, So Far." Newsday (April 24, 1988), p. B18, ill.
Lisa M. Messinger inThe Landscape in Twentieth-Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Exh. cat., American Federation of Arts. New York, 1991, pp. 148–49, no. 53, ill. (color).
Robert Rosenblum inThe Landscape in Twentieth-Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Exh. cat., American Federation of Arts. New York, 1991, p. 14.
Eliot Nusbaum. "Joslyn Hosts a Vivid Landscape Show." Des Moines Sunday Register (September 22, 1991), p. 7F.
Mary Ann Marger. "An Artistic Tribute to America." Tampa Bay Times (January 17, 1992), p. 32.
William Grimes. "Louisa Chase, 65, Painter in New Image Movement." New York Times (May 19, 2016), p. A19, ill.
Louisa Chase (American (born Panama), Panama City 1951–2016 East Hampton, New York)
1988
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