the artist, Suffern, N.Y. (1975–82; sold through the Marisa del Re Gallery, New York, to MMA)
New York. Andrew Crispo Gallery. "Richard Pousette-Dart: Recent Paintings," March 31–April 28, 1976, no. 5.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "30 Painters: Recent Acquisitions (formerly titled ‘Given and Promised’)," January 26–March 14, 1982, brochure no. 25.
Bronx. Herbert H. Lehman College Art Gallery of The City University of New York. "Relationships: Paintings, Sculpture, and Drawings from the Twentieth Century Collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art," November 16, 1984–January 6, 1985, no. 28.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Selection Three: Twentieth-Century Art," October 22, 1985–January 26, 1986, no catalogue.
Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art. "Landscape Painting in the East and West," April 19–June 1, 1986, no. 43.
Kobe City Museum. "Landscape Painting in the East and West," June 7–July 13, 1986, no. 43.
Indianapolis Museum of Art. "Richard Pousette-Dart," October 14–December 30, 1990, no. 106.
Detroit Institute of Arts. "Richard Pousette-Dart," February 10–April 7, 1991, no. 106.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Richard Pousette-Dart (1916–1992)," November 4, 1997–February 22, 1998, no. 19.
Richard Pousette-Dart: Drawings. Exh. cat., Andrew Crispo Gallery. New York, 1978, ill. unpaginated.
Lisa M. Messinger. "Twentieth Century Art." The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Notable Acquisitions, 1981–1982. New York, [1982], pp. 56–57, ill., states that this painting is one of several painted in 1975 that were inspired by the Ramapo Mountains located near the artist's studio in Suffern, New York.
Hilton Kramer. "Met Presents Works Bought for Under $5,000 Each." New York Times (January 29, 1982), p. C23.
William S. Lieberman. "Lieberman's Acquisitions." Art/World 6 (February 22/March 22, 1982), p. 10.
Kathleen Howard, ed. The Metropolitan Museum of Art Guide. New York, 1983, p. 422, no. 26, ill. (color).
Greta Berman. Relationships: Paintings, Sculpture, and Drawings from the Twentieth Century Collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Exh. cat., Herbert H. Lehman College Art Gallery of The City University of New York. New York, 1984, unpaginated, no. 28, ill., quotes the artist's suggestion that this drawing "may deal with an edge of mystical awareness and perception–a lens, a prism, an eye into, within the mountains, horizon, landscape, a spiritual landscape, a macro, micro feeling into the iconography, calligraphy of the earth and sky as they mirror and echo and reflect one another...It is an eye of art; it is looking at you; it is asking you to see from within yourself...".
William Zimmer. "Show Looks at Link Between Drawings and Finished Work." New York Times (December 2, 1984), p. WC32.
Eugene Victor Thaw. "The Abstract Expressionists." Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 44 (Winter 1986–87), p. 49, fig. 48 (color).
Lisa Messinger inLandscape Painting in the East and West. Exh. cat., Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art. [Shizuoka–ken], 1986, pp. 105, 361, no. 43, ill., erroneously dates it 1972 in the caption.
Robert Hobbs in Robert Hobbs and Joanne Kuebler. Richard Pousette-Dart. Exh. cat., Indianapolis Museum of Art. Indianapolis, 1990, p. 140, states that this painting "refers to abstract aspects of the mountains as well as a transparent moon".
Donald Kuspit in Robert Hobbs and Joanne Kuebler. Richard Pousette–Dart. Exh. cat., Indianapolis Museum of Art. Indianapolis, 1990, pp. 165–66, no. 106, ill. (color).
Lowery Stokes Sims inRichard Pousette-Dart (1916–1992). Exh. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 1997, pp. 21, 71, no. 19, colorpl. 19.
Richard Pousette-Dart (American, St. Paul, Minnesota 1916–1992 New York)
1950
Resources for Research
The Met's Libraries and Research Centers provide unparalleled resources for research and welcome an international community of students and scholars.
The Met Collection API is where all makers, creators, researchers, and dreamers can connect to the most up-to-date data and public domain images for The Met collection. Open Access data and public domain images are available for unrestricted commercial and noncommercial use without permission or fee.
Feedback
We continue to research and examine historical and cultural context for objects in The Met collection. If you have comments or questions about this object record, please complete and submit this form. The Museum looks forward to receiving your comments.
The Met's engagement with art from 1890 to today includes the acquisition and exhibition of works in a range of media, spanning movements in modernism to contemporary practices from across the globe.
