Mrs. Fairfield Porter, Southampton, N. Y. (1975–78; her gift to MMA)
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Recent Acquisitions: Twentieth Century Art Department," October 16, 1979–January 30, 1980, no catalogue.
New York. City Gallery. "Made in New York," February 1–17, 1982, no catalogue.
Bronx Museum of the Arts. "Made in New York," March 25–April 29, 1982, no catalogue.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. "Fairfield Porter (1907–1975): Realist Painter in an Age of Abstraction," January 12–March 13, 1983, no. 125.
Greenville, S. C. Greenville County Museum of Art. "Fairfield Porter (1907–1975): Realist Painter in an Age of Abstraction," April 13–June 19, 1983, no. 125.
Cleveland Museum of Art. "Fairfield Porter (1907–1975): Realist Painter in an Age of Abstraction," November 9–December 31, 1983, no. 125.
Pittsburgh. Carnegie Institute, Museum of Art. "Fairfield Porter (1907–1975): Realist Painter in an Age of Abstraction," February 18–April 22, 1984, no. 125.
New York. Whitney Museum of American Art. "Fairfield Porter (1907–1975): Realist Painter in an Age of Abstraction," May 31–August 19, 1984, no. 125.
Bronx. Herbert H. Lehman College Art Gallery of The City University of New York. "Relationships: Paintings, Sculpture, and Drawings from the Twentieth Century Collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art," November 16, 1984–January 6, 1985, no. 26.
Bronx Museum of the Arts. "The Artist Celebrates New York: Selected Paintings from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," February 2–March 24, 1985, unnum. brochure.
Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus. "The Artist Celebrates New York: Selected Paintings from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," April 17–June 2, 1985, unnum. brochure.
Queens. Jamaica Arts Center. "The Artist Celebrates New York: Selected Paintings from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," June 15–July 27, 1985, unnum. brochure.
Staten Island Museum. "The Artist Celebrates New York: Selected Paintings from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," September 8–October 20, 1985, unnum. brochure.
New York. City College of New York. "The Artist Celebrates New York: Selected Paintings from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," October 25–December 13, 1985, unnum. brochure.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Fairfield Porter: Paintings from the Collection," April 14, 2017–March 12, 2018, no catalogue.
Hilton Kramer in "Critics' Choices: What's Special This Holiday Weekend." New York Times (November 23, 1979), p. C16.
John Daxland. "The Works of Fairfield Porter This Week at Whitney Museum." New York Daily News (August 13, 1984), p. M6, calls it "Near Union Square—Looking up Park Avenue".
William Zimmer. "Show Looks at Link Between Drawings and Finished Work." New York Times (December 2, 1984), p. WC32.
Lowery S. Sims. The Artist Celebrates New York: Selected Paintings from The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Exh. brochure, Bronx Museum of the Arts. New York, 1985, unpaginated, calls it "Near Union Square Looking up Park Avenue".
Richard F. Shepard. "Discovering Hidden New York: A City Album." New York Times (November 1, 1985), ill. p. C1 (detail), calls it "Near Union Square—Looking Up Park Avenue".
Larry Celona. "Art Exhibit Reflects Aspects of New York." New York Daily News (June 6, 1985), p. XQ18.
Joan Ludman. "Checklist of the Paintings by Fairfield Porter." Fairfield Porter: An American Classic. New York, 1992, p. 307.
John T. Spike. "The Last Years 1967–1975." Fairfield Porter: An American Classic. New York, 1992, ill. p. 267 (color).
Joan Ludman. Fairfield Porter: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings, Watercolors, and Pastels. New York, 2001, p. 315, no. L937, ill., calls it "Near Union Square—Looking up Park Avenue".
Jed Perl. New Art City. New York, 2005, p. 553, ill. p. 554, calls it "Near Union Square—Looking up Park Avenue".
Fairfield Porter (American, Winnetka, Illinois 1907–1975 Southampton, New York)
1973
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