Inscription: Signed and dated (lower right): Barnett Newman '63
Longview Foundation, Inc., New York (1964–75; their gift to MMA)
Southampton, N. Y. Parrish Art Museum. "Twentieth Century American Paintings from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," September 25–December 31, 1977, no. 31.
Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels. "La Peinture Américaine au 20e Siècle de la Collection du Metropolitan Museum of Art," June 28–August 23, 1978, no. 29 (as "Le Chemin").
Reno. Sierra Nevada Museum of Art. "The New York School, 1940–1960: The First Generation of Abstract Expressionism," February 3–March 4, 1979, unnumbered cat. (pl. 5).
Galerie des Beaux-Arts, Bordeaux. "Profil du Metropolitan Museum of Art de New York: de Ramsès à Picasso," May 15–September 1, 1981, no. 224 (as "The Station [Station du Chemin de Croix]").
Thomas B. Hess. Barnett Newman. Exh. cat., Museum of Modern Art, New York. New York, 1971, p. 98, calls it "Station".
Helen A. Harrison. Twentieth Century American Paintings from The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Exh. cat., Parrish Art Museum. Southampton, N. Y., 1977, p. 37, no. 31, ill.
Helen A. Harrison inLa Peinture Américaine au 20e Siècle de la Collection du Metropolitan Museum of Art. Exh. cat., Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels. Brussels, 1978, unpaginated, no. 29, ill., reprints Ref. Harrison 1977.
Brenda Richardson. Barnett Newman: The Complete Drawings, 1944–1969. Exh. cat., Baltimore Museum of Art. Baltimore, 1979, p. 156.
William S. Lieberman inProfil du Metropolitan Museum of Art de New York: de Ramsès à Picasso. Exh. cat., Galerie des Beaux-Arts, Bordeaux. Bordeaux, 1981, p. 173, no. 224, ill.
Lowery S. Sims inProfil du Metropolitan Museum of Art de New York: de Ramsès à Picasso. Exh. cat., Galerie des Beaux-Arts, Bordeaux. Bordeaux, 1981, p. 167, calls it "Chemin de Croix".
Lily Mark. "The Relevance of Title to Form and Content in the Mature Work of Barnett Newman." PhD diss., University of Witwatersrand, 1983, p. 156.
Eugene Victor Thaw. "The Abstract Expressionists." Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 44 (Winter 1986–87), p. 37, fig. 30 (color).
Oswaldo Rodriguez Roque et al. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Vol. 9, The United States of America. New York, 1987, p. 142, colorpl. 107.
Harold Rosenberg. Barnett Newman. 2nd ed. [1st ed. 1978]. New York, 1994, fig. 37.
Hélène Lagrange. Abstractions Américaines 1940–1960. Exh. cat., Musée Fabre, Montpellier. Paris, 1999, pp. 76–77, no. 14, ill. (color).
Heidi Colsman–Freyberger. "Catalogue Raisonné." Barnett Newman: A Catalogue Raisonné. New York and New Haven, 2004, pp. 302–3, no. 85, ill. (color).
Suzanne Penn. "Intuition and Incidents: The Paintings of Barnett Newman." Reconsidering Barnett Newman: A Symposium at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Ed. Melissa Ho. Philadelphia, 2005, pp. 94–95 n. 17.
Barnett Newman (American, New York 1905–1970 New York)
1945
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