Inscription: Signed (back, lower left corner): STORRS
Marking: Foundry mark (back, lower right corner, in seal, stamped): CIRE / VALSUANI / PERDUE
the artist (until d. 1956; his estate, 1956–70; sold through Robert Schoelkopf Gallery, New York to MMA)
New York. Downtown Gallery. "John Storrs," March 23–April 17, 1965, no. 16 (dated 1917).
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "20th Century Accessions, 1967–1974," March 7–April 23, 1974, no catalogue.
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago. "John Storrs (1885–1956), a Retrospective Exhibition of Sculpture," November 13, 1976–January 2, 1977, unnumbered cat. (p. 3).
Bloomington. Indiana University Art Museum. "John Storrs (1885–1956), a Retrospective Exhibition of Sculpture," January 18–February 20, 1977, unnumbered cat.
College Park. University of Maryland Art Gallery. "John Storrs (1885–1956), a Retrospective Exhibition of Sculpture," March 29–May 1, 1977, unnumbered cat.
Mountainville, N. Y. Storm King Art Center. "20th Century Sculpture: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," May 18–October 31, 1984, unnum. brochure (dated 1917).
Jacksonville, Fla. Jacksonville Art Museum. "The Figure in 20th Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," February 9–April 21, 1985, unnumbered cat. (p. 19).
Oklahoma City. Oklahoma Museum of Art. "The Figure in 20th Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," May 5–June 30, 1985, unnumbered cat.
New York. National Academy of Design. "The Figure in 20th Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," July 16–September 1, 1985, unnumbered cat.
Evanston, Ill. Terra Museum of American Art. "The Figure in 20th Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," September 15–November 10, 1985, unnumbered cat.
Little Rock. Arkansas Arts Center. "The Figure in 20th Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," November 12, 1985–January 19, 1986, unnumbered cat.
Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center. "The Figure in 20th Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," February 9–March 30, 1986, unnumbered cat.
St. Paul. Minnesota Museum of Art. "The Figure in 20th Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," April 20–June 8, 1986, unnumbered cat.
New York. Whitney Museum of American Art. "John Storrs," December 11, 1986–March 22, 1987, unnumbered cat. (p. 139).
Fort Worth. Amon Carter Museum. "John Storrs," May 2–July 5, 1987, unnumbered cat.
Louisville, Ky. Speed Art Museum. "John Storrs," August 28–November 1, 1987, unnumbered cat.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "The Human Figure in Transition, 1900–1945: American Sculpture from the Museum's Collection," April 15–September 28, 1997, extended to March 29, 1998, unnum. brochure.
Henry Geldzahler in "Twentieth Century Art." The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Notable Acquisitions, 1965–1975. New York, 1975, p. 223, ill.
Judith Russi Kirshner. John Storrs (1885–1956): A Retrospective Exhibition of Sculpture. Exh. cat., Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago. Chicago, 1976, pp. 6, 17, ill. p. 3.
Lowery Stokes Sims. The Figure in 20th Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Exh. cat., Jacksonville Art Museum. New York, 1984, pp. 13, 18–19, ill., dates it 1917.
Mark M. Johnson. "The Figure in Twentieth-Century American Art." Arts and Activities 98 (November 1985), p. 23, ill. (color), dates it 1917.
John Brandenburg. "Museum's Offerings Tell Story of 20th Century America." Daily Oklahoman/Times (May 30, 1985), p. 15.
Joan M. Marter inAmerican Sculpture in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Ed. Thayer Tolles. Vol. 2, A Catalogue of Works by Artists Born between 1865 and 1885. New York and New Haven, 2001, pp. 780–81, no. 393, ill.
Claes Oldenburg (American (born Sweden), Stockholm 1929–2022 New York)
1962
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