Self-Portrait as a Young Man

Inscription: Signed and dated (lower right): Irving Petlin, 1981; inscribed (lower left): M.V.

the artist, New York (1981–82; sold through Marlborough Fine Art, Ltd., London to MMA)

Venice. Biennale. "Art as Art: The Continuity of the Work," June–September 1982, Petlin no. 7.

Marlborough Fine Art London, Ltd. "Irving Petlin: Recent Paintings and Pastels," October 13–November 6, 1982, no. 22.

Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale. "New Narrative Painting: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York," February 9–26, 1984, no. 20.

New York. Marlborough Gallery, Inc. "Irving Petlin: Recent Paintings and Pastels," March 8–31, 1984, no. 24.

New York. Kent. "Irving Petlin: Pastels from the Years 1961 to 1987," September 7–October 10, 1987, no. XVI.

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "American Pastels: Recent Acquisitions," October 17, 1989–February 1990, no catalogue.

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "60 Drawings: Recent Acquisitions," October 23, 1990–January 15, 1991, no catalogue.

Lisa Mintz Messinger in New Narrative Painting: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Exh. cat., Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale . Fort Lauderdale, 1984, unpaginated, no. 20, ill. (overall and detail).

Doreen Bolger et al. American Pastels in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Exh. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 1989, ill. p. 205.