Mr. and Mrs. Philip Ferris, Oakland, Calif. (1946–77; gift of the artist; sold through the David McKee Gallery, New York to MMA)
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Reinstallation of the 20th Century Art Galleries," opened November 4, 1977, no catalogue.
New York. Whitney Museum of American Art. "Abstract Expressionism: The Formative Years," October 5–December 3, 1978, not in catalogue.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Clyfford Still," November 17, 1979–February 3, 1980, no. 6.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Selection One: Twentieth-Century Art," February 1–April 30, 1985, no catalogue.
New York. CDS Gallery. "The Irascibles," February 4–27, 1988.
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. 57.
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. 57.
Omaha. Joslyn Art Museum. "The Landscape in Twentieth-Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," September 14–November 10, 1991, no. 57.
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. 57.
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. 57.
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. 57.
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. 57.
Laguna Beach, Calif. Laguna Art Museum. "The San Francisco School of Abstract Expressionism," January 26–April 14, 1996, unnumbered cat. (fig. 2.24).
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. "The San Francisco School of Abstract Expressionism," June 27–September 8, 1996, unnumbered cat.
New York. National Academy of Design. "The San Francisco School of Abstract Expressionism," October 9, 1996–January 4, 1997, unnumbered cat.
Washington, D. C. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution. "Clyfford Still: Paintings 1944–1960," June 21–September 16, 2001, unnumbered cat. (fig. 5).
Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lyons. "Repartir à zéro, 1945–1949: Comme si la peinture n'avait jamais existé," October 24, 2008–February 2, 2009, no. 140.
Denver. Clyfford Still Museum. "Repeat/Recreate: Clyfford Still's 'Replicas'," September 18, 2015–January 10, 2016, no. 16 (as "PH-384").
Lowery S. Sims in "Twentieth Century Art." The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Notable Acquisitions, 1975–1979. New York, 1979, pp. 72–73, ill. (color).
Colin J. Westerbeck. "Reviews: New York. Still Life. Clyfford Still, The Metropolitan Museum of Art." Artforum 18 (February 1980), p. 94.
Nina Bremer. "New York. Metropolitan Museum of Art. Clyfford Still: Paintings." Bruckmanns Pantheon 38 (April–June 1980), p. 134.
Kathleen Howard, ed. The Metropolitan Museum of Art Guide. New York, 1983, p. 421, no. 24, ill. (color).
Bonnie Clearwater. Mark Rothko: Works on Paper. Exh. cat., American Federation of Arts. New York, 1984, p. 33, mentions it as an illustration of Rothko's affinity and friendship with Still.
Thomas Albright. Art in the San Francisco Bay Area, 1945–1980: An Illustrated History. Berkeley, 1985, p. 25, fig. 23 (color).
Piri Halasz. "Manhattan Museums: The 1940s vs. the 1980s; Part Two: The Metropolitan Museum of Art." Arts Magazine 59 (March 1985), pp. 93, 95, fig. 9.
Eugene Victor Thaw. "The Abstract Expressionists." Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 44 (Winter 1986–87), p. 31, fig. 24 (color).
Elyse Topalian. "Modern Art in the Met." Apollo 124 (October 1986), p. 362.
Lowery S. Sims in20th Century Art: Selections from the Collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Vol. 2, Painting: 1945–1985. New York, 1986, pp. 12–13, ill. (color, overall and detail), calls it "Untitled (PH–384)".
Oswaldo Rodriguez Roque et al. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Vol. 9, The United States of America. New York, 1987, p. 141, colorpl. 106.
Lowery Stokes Sims inThe Landscape in Twentieth-Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Exh. cat., American Federation of Arts. New York, 1991, pp. 150, 161, 166, no. 57, ill. p. 160 (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. 13.
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.
Barbara Burn, ed. Masterpieces of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 1993, pp. 304–5, ill. (color).
Beatriz Cordero inThe Irascibles: Painters Against the Museum, New York, 1950. Ed. Bradford R. Collins et al. Exh. cat., Fundación Juan March. Madrid, 2020, p. 85.
Clyfford Still (American, Grandin, North Dakota 1904–1980 Baltimore, Maryland)
1946–47
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