Inscription: Signed and dated (verso): Gregory Gillespie 1979
the artist, Belcherton, Mass. (sold through the Forum Gallery, New York to Wilmers); Mrs. Charles Wilmers, New York (until 1982; her gift to MMA)
Waltham, Mass. Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University. "William Beckman and Gregory Gillespie," May 6–June 17, 1984.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Selection Two: Twentieth-Century Art," June 4–September 2, 1985, no catalogue.
New York. Cooper Union. "The Fantasy and Realism of Gregory Gillespie," September 7–22, 1989.
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. 35.
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. 35.
Omaha. Joslyn Art Museum. "The Landscape in Twentieth-Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," September 14–November 10, 1991, no. 35.
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. 35.
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. 35.
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. 35.
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. 35.
Manchester, N. H. Currier Gallery of Art. "Community of Creativity: A Century of MacDowell Colony Artists," September 13–December 2, 1996, no. 21.
Wichita Art Museum. "Community of Creativity: A Century of MacDowell Colony Artists," April 20–June 15, 1997, no. 21.
Athens. Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia. "A Unique American Vision: The Paintings of Gregory Gillespie," April 3–May 15, 1999, no. 29.
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego. "A Unique American Vision: The Paintings of Gregory Gillespie," June 12–September 12, 1999, no. 29.
Cambridge. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, List Visual Arts Center. "A Unique American Vision: The Paintings of Gregory Gillespie," October 8–December 31, 1999, no. 29.
Youngstown, Ohio. Butler Museum of American Art. "A Unique American Vision: The Paintings of Gregory Gillespie," January 9–March 5, 2000, no. 29.
Albany. New York State Museum. "20th Century American Landscapes from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," May 31–October 14, 2001, not in brochure.
Salem, Mass. Peabody Essex Museum. "Painting Summer in New England," April 22–September 4, 2006, unnumbered cat. (pl. 25).
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. 88, 104, no. 35, ill. p. 105 (color).
Ellsworth Kelly (American, Newburgh, New York 1923–2015 Spencertown, New York)
1963
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