Beth Chet

Marking: Estate signature (on reverse): M. Louis #57

the artist, Washington, D.C. (1958–d. 1962); his widow, Marcella Louis, later Mrs. Abner Brenner, Chevy Chase, Md. (1962–69; her gift to MMA)

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Masterpieces of Fifty Centuries," November 14, 1970–June 1, 1971, no. 397.

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "20th Century Accessions, 1967–1974," March 7–April 23, 1974, no catalogue.

London. Hayward Gallery. "Morris Louis," June 27–September 1, 1974, no. 3.

Centre d'Arts Plastiques Contemporains de Bordeaux. "Helen Frankenthaler, Morris Louis, Kenneth Noland, Jules Olitski: "depuis la couleur" 1958–1964," January 23–March 21, 1981, unnumbered cat. (p. 31).

Atlanta. High Museum of Art. "Morris Louis Now: An American Master Revisited," November 2, 2006–January 24, 2007, no. 8.

Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego. "Morris Louis Now: An American Master Revisited," February 17–May 6, 2007, no. 8.

Washington, D.C. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. "Morris Louis Now: An American Master Revisited," September 20, 2007–January 6, 2008, no. 8.

Henry Geldzahler. "Reports of the Departments. Twentieth Century Art." Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin. One-Hundredth Annual Report of the Trustees 29 (October 1970), p. 99, ill.

James Burr. "Art Stains." Apollo 149 (July 1974), ill. p. 71.

Henry Geldzahler in "Twentieth Century Art." The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Notable Acquisitions, 1965–1975. New York, 1975, p. 210, ill.

Diane Upright. Morris Louis, the Complete Paintings: A Catalogue Raisonné. New York, 1985, pp. 202–3, no. 121, ill. p. 144 (color).