Hearth

Inscription: Signed (lower left): MacIver

the artist, New York (1957–93; on consignment to the Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York; sold to MMA)

Washington D. C. Corcoran Gallery of Art. "Loren MacIver (Contemporary Painters Series #31)," October 15–November 16, 1958, no. 14.

Chicago. Fairweather Hardin Gallery. "Loren MacIver," January 6–31, 1959.

Baton Rouge. Louisiana State University Foster Gallery. "Quartet: A Painting Invitational," February 27–March 24, 1962, no. 10.

Manchester. Southern Vermont Art Center. "Loren MacIver," June 15–July 5, 1968, no. 3.

Richmond, Va. Marsh Art Gallery. "Still Life: The Object in American Art, 1915–1995. Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," January 3–February 28, 1997, no. 32.

Little Rock. Arkansas Arts Center. "Still Life: The Object in American Art, 1915–1995. Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," March 28–May 23, 1997, no. 32.

Newport Beach, Calif. Newport Harbor Art Museum. "Still Life: The Object in American Art, 1915–1995. Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," June 20–August 15, 1997, no. 32.

Tulsa, Okla. Philbrook Museum of Art. "Still Life: The Object in American Art, 1915–1995. Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," September 12–November 7, 1997, no. 32.

Palm Beach, Fla. The Society of the Four Arts. "Still Life: The Object in American Art, 1915–1995. Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," January 9–February 8, 1998, no. 32.

Salina, Kansas. Salina Art Center. "Still Life: The Object in American Art, 1915–1995. Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," March 6–May 3, 1998, no. 32.

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "The Pierre and Maria-Gaetana Matisse Collection," May 18, 2004–June 26, 2005, no catalogue (checklist no. 22).

Leslie Judd Portner. "Two Bright Stars at Corcoran." Washington Post and Times Herald (October 19, 1958), p. E7.

Lisa M. Messinger in "Recent Acquisitions. A Selection: 1993–1994." Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 52 (Fall 1994), p. 68, ill. (color).

Sabine Rewald in Still Life: The Object in American Art, 1915-1995. Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Exh. cat., Marsh Art Gallery, Richmond, Va. New York, 1996, pp. 80, 92, 169, no. 32, ill. p. 93 (color).