Inscription: Signed and dated (lower left): Paul Sample/ 36
the artist, Montpelier, Vt. (1936–37; sold through the National Academy of Design, New York to MMA)
New York. National Academy of Design. "One Hundred and Twelfth Annual Exhibition," March 13–April 13, 1937, no. 233.
Minneapolis Institute of Arts. "American Paintings Since Sargent, Lent by The Metropolitan Museum of Art," October 4–31, 1940, brochure no. 33.
New York. YMCA, West Side. September 25, 1942–February 1, 1943, no catalogue.
Brooklyn. Samuel J. Tilden High School. "Modern American Masters (New York School-Museum Program)," November 1945, no catalogue.
Brooklyn. Fort Hamilton High School. "Modern American Masters (New York School-Museum Program)," December 1945, no catalogue.
Bronx. William Howard Taft High School. "Modern American Masters (New York School-Museum Program)," January 1946, no catalogue.
New York. Benjamin Franklin High School. "Modern American Masters (New York School-Museum Program)," February 1946, no catalogue.
Bronx. DeWitt Clinton High School. "Modern American Masters (New York School-Museum Program)," March 1946, no catalogue.
Bronx. Walton High School. "Modern American Masters (New York School-Museum Program)," April 1946, no catalogue.
Queens. John Adams High School. "Modern American Masters (New York School-Museum Program)," May–June 1946, no catalogue.
New York. Straubenmuller Textile High School. "New York School-Museum Program," September 18–October 25, 1946, no catalogue.
Bronx. Theodore Roosevelt High School. "New York School-Museum Program," October 25–November 25, 1946, no catalogue.
Bronx. Evander Childs High School. "New York School-Museum Program," November 25, 1946–January 8, 1947, no catalogue.
Bronx. Christopher Columbus High School. "New York School-Museum Program," January 8–February 20, 1947, no catalogue.
New York. Julia Richman High School. "New York School-Museum Program," February 20–March 20, 1947, no catalogue.
Brooklyn. New Utrecht High School. "New York School-Museum Program," March 20–April 30, 1947, no catalogue.
Brooklyn. Bay Ridge High School. "New York School-Museum Program," April 30–June 6, 1947, no catalogue [on view until May 19, 1947].
Brooklyn. Lafayette High School. "New York School-Museum Program," September 25–October 17, 1947, no catalogue.
Brooklyn. Erasmus Hall High School. "New York School-Museum Program," October 17–November 17, 1947, no catalogue.
Brooklyn. Midwood High School. "New York School-Museum Program," November 17, 1947–January 5, 1948, no catalogue.
New York. Washington Irving High School. "New York School-Museum Program," January 5–February 5, 1948, no catalogue.
Bronx High School of Science. "New York School-Museum Program," February 5–March 8, 1948, no catalogue.
Bronx. James Monroe High School. "New York School-Museum Program," March 8–April 7, 1948, no catalogue.
Brooklyn. Franklin K. Lane High School. "New York School-Museum Program," April 7–May 6, 1948, no catalogue.
Brooklyn. Girls' High School. "New York School-Museum Program," May 6–June 10, 1948, no catalogue.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "20th Century Painters: A Special Exhibition of Oils, Water Colors and Drawings Selected from the Collections of American Art in the Metropolitan Museum," June 16–October 29, 1950, unnum. brochuire (p. 10).
Mead Art Building, Amherst College. "American Art of the Depression Era," February 25–March 19, 1969, unnumbered cat. (p. 6).
Southampton, N. Y. Parrish Art Museum. "Twentieth Century American Paintings from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," September 25–December 31, 1977, no. 9.
Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels. "La Peinture Américaine au 20e Siècle de la Collection du Metropolitan Museum of Art," June 28–August 23, 1978, no. 9 (as "Les Conges du Concierge").
Cincinnati. Taft Museum. "1930's Remembered. Part Three: The Fine Arts," September 25–December 5, 1982, unnumbered cat.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "American Landscape Painting," April 4–August 13, 1989, no catalogue.
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. 40.
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. 40.
Omaha. Joslyn Art Museum. "The Landscape in Twentieth-Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," September 14–November 10, 1991, no. 40.
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. 40.
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. 40.
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. 40.
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. 40.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "The Direct Eye: Self-Taught Artists and Their Influence on Twentieth Century Art," June 19–October 18, 1998, no catalogue.
Albany. New York State Museum. "20th Century American Landscapes from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," May 31–October 14, 2001, unnum. brochure.
"Metropolitan Buys 3 American Paintings." New York Times (March 24, 1937), p. 28, ill.
"Metropolitan Will Display 17 U.S. Paintings." New York Herald Tribune (May 29, 1937), p. 30.
Carlyle Burrows. "Hearn Paintings at the Metropolitan." New York Herald Tribune (May 30, 1937), p. E6.
"American Art Exhibited at Metropolitan." Brooklyn Daily Eagle (May 30, 1937), p. 6C.
Martha Davidson. "The Pantheon of Living Native Art." Art News 35 (May 29, 1937), p. 10.
Matthew Baigell. The American Scene: American Painting of the 1930's. New York, 1974, fig. 106.
Helen A. Harrison inLa Peinture Américaine au 20e Siècle de la Collection du Metropolitan Museum of Art. Exh. cat., Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels. Brussels, 1978, unpaginated, no. 9, ill., reprints Ref. Harrison 1977.
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. 62, 111, 118, no. 40, ill. (color) pp. 112 (detail), 118.
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, pp. 11, 16.
Mary Ann Marger. "An Artistic Tribute to America." Tampa Bay Times (January 17, 1992), p. 32.
Lisa Mintz Messinger. 20th Century American Landscapes from The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Exh. brochure, New York State Museum. Albany, 2001, unpaginated, ill. (color).
Ellsworth Kelly (American, Newburgh, New York 1923–2015 Spencertown, New York)
1963
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