Credit Line:Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Robert E. Carroll, 1979
Object Number:1979.138.2
Inscription: Signed (lower right): Welliver
Dr. and Mrs. Robert E. Carroll, New York (until 1979; their gift to MMA)
New York. Fischbach Gallery. "Neil Welliver," February 24–March 28, 1979, no catalogue.
Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania. "The University of Pennsylvania: Collector and Patron of Art, 1779–1979," August 12–September 16, 1979, no. 39.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Recent Acquisitions: Twentieth Century Art Department," October 16, 1979–January 30, 1980, no catalogue.
Galerie des Beaux-Arts, Bordeaux. "Profil du Metropolitan Museum of Art de New York: de Ramsès à Picasso," May 15–September 1, 1981, no. 230 (as "Les Bouleaux").
San Diego Museum of Art. "5,000 Years of Art from the Collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art," October 10–December 6, 1981, brochure no. 72.
Urbana-Champaign. Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois. "5,000 Years of Art from the Collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art," January 3–February 28, 1982, brochure no. 72.
Mobile, Ala. Fine Arts Museum of the South. "5,000 Years of Art from the Collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art," March 28–May 9, 1982, brochure no. 72.
Midland, Mich. Midland Center for the Arts. "5,000 Years of Art from the Collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art," June 6–August 22, 1982, brochure no. 72.
Little Rock. Arkansas Arts Center. "5,000 Years of Art from the Collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art," September 19–November 14, 1982, brochure no. 72.
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. 7.
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. 7.
Omaha. Joslyn Art Museum. "The Landscape in Twentieth-Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," September 14–November 10, 1991, no. 7.
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. 7.
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. 7.
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. 7.
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. 7.
Theodore F. Wolff. "Today's 'Questioning' Art." Christian Science Monitor (December 3, 1979), p. 19.
Hilton Kramer in "Critics' Choices: What's Special This Holiday Weekend." New York Times (November 23, 1979), p. C16.
William S. Lieberman inProfil du Metropolitan Museum of Art de New York: de Ramsès à Picasso. Exh. cat., Galerie des Beaux-Arts, Bordeaux. Bordeaux, 1981, p. 178, no. 230, ill.
Lowery S. Sims in5000 Years of Art from the Collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Exh. brochure, San Diego Museum of Art. [New York], 1981, unpaginated, no. 72.
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. 37–38, no. 7, ill. (color).
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, p. 18.
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.
John Brandenburg. "Art Review: Philbrook Show Features 60 Landscape Paintings." Daily Oklahoman (May 29, 1991), p. 13.
Eliot Nusbaum. "Joslyn Hosts a Vivid Landscape Show." Des Moines Sunday Register (September 22, 1991), p. 7F.
Ellsworth Kelly (American, Newburgh, New York 1923–2015 Spencertown, New York)
1963
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