Inscription: Signed and dated (upper left): Maud Morgan / 1938
the artist, Quebec (1938; sold through the Julien Levy Gallery, New York to MMA)
New York. Julien Levy Gallery. "Paintings by Maud Morgan," November 15–29, 1938, no. 11.
Andover, Mass. Addison Gallery of American Art. "Maud Morgan, Patrick Morgan, Alexander Calder," May 28–July 6, 1943, no. 9.
Nashville, Tenn. Watkins Institute. "20 Contemporary American Paintings from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," October 7–31, 1949, no catalogue.
Columbia. Maxcy College, University of South Carolina. "20 Contemporary American Paintings from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," November 9–December 3, 1949 [additional venues through April 1950].
Wellesley, Mass. Farnsworth Museum, Wellesley College. "Maud Morgan: 30 Paintings," January 6–February 4, 1952, no catalogue.
Nashville. Carl Van Vechten Gallery, Fisk University. "24th Annual Festival of Music and Art: Metropolitan Exhibit, 20th Century American Still-life Painting," April 23–May 6, 1953, no catalogue.
East Hampton, N.Y. Guild Hall. "Flowers in Art," July 20–August 13, 1956, no. 22.
Fitchburg, Mass. Fitchburg Art Museum. "Retrospective Exhibition of Paintings by Maud Morgan," November 19, 1967–January 16, 1968.
Andover, Mass. Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy. "Maud Morgan: A Retrospective Exhibition, 1927–1977," April 3–May 15, 1977.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "American Still Life: 1915–1950," February 1, 1995–January 28, 1996, no catalogue.
Richmond, Va. Marsh Art Gallery. "Still Life: The Object in American Art, 1915–1995. Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," January 3–February 28, 1997, no. 15.
Little Rock. Arkansas Arts Center. "Still Life: The Object in American Art, 1915–1995. Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," March 28–May 23, 1997, no. 15.
Newport Beach, Calif. Newport Harbor Art Museum. "Still Life: The Object in American Art, 1915–1995. Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," June 20–August 15, 1997, no. 15.
Tulsa, Okla. Philbrook Museum of Art. "Still Life: The Object in American Art, 1915–1995. Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," September 12–November 7, 1997, no. 15.
Palm Beach, Fla. The Society of the Four Arts. "Still Life: The Object in American Art, 1915–1995. Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," January 9–February 8, 1998, no. 15.
Salina, Kansas. Salina Art Center. "Still Life: The Object in American Art, 1915–1995. Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," March 6–May 3, 1998, no. 15.
Howard Devree. "A Reviewer's Notebook: Brief Comment on Some of the Recently Opened Exhibitions in the Galleries." New York Times (November 20, 1938), p. 10X.
"Art Throughout America. New York: More Contemporary American Works for the Metropolitan." Art News 37 (February 11, 1939), p. 16, ill.
"Notes: Hearn Purchases." Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 34 (February 1939), p. 49.
Whitney N. Morgan. "Recent American Museum Acquisitions." Parnassus 11 (March 1939), p. 27.
"7 U.S. Canvases Are Bought by Metropolitan." New York Herald Tribune (February 6, 1939), p. 11.
R. F. "Maud Morgan: Woman with a Purpose." Art News 41 (October 15, 1942), p. 25, ill., calls it "Autumn Still-Life".
Charles L. Fontenay. "Dr. Dutch's Talk, Preview Mark Exhibit Opening." Nashville Tennessean (October 8, 1949), p. 5.
Ruth Campbell. "Art Collection in Fisk Show Impressive." Nashville Tennessean (April 24, 1953), p. 52.
"Still Life." Fitchburg (Mass.) Sentinel (November 16, 1967), p. 14, ill.
"Maud Morgan Art Show Draws Raves." Fitchburg Sentinel (November 20, 1967), p. 11.
Maud Morgan. Maud's Journey: A Life from Art. Berkeley, 1995, p. 124, ill. p. 16.
Lowery Stokes Sims inStill Life: The Object in American Art, 1915-1995. Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Exh. cat., Marsh Art Gallery, Richmond, Va. New York, 1996, pp. 48, 56, 169, no. 15, ill. p. 57 (color).
"Philbrook Museum Presents 'Still Life'." Henryetta Daily Free-Lance (October 16, 1997), p. 3.
"'Still Life' the Focus of State Museum Exhibition." Post-Star (May 28, 1998), p. 13.
"American Still Lifes at NYS Museum." Northeast (June 1998), p. 44.
Beth Gates Warren and Marie Difilippantonio. Julien Levy: The Man, His Gallery, His Legacy. [Newtown, Conn.], 2023, vol. 3, pp. 1526, 1528.
Marsden Hartley (American, Lewiston, Maine 1877–1943 Ellsworth, Maine)
1914
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