Atlanta. High Museum of Art. "Abstract Expressionism, Works on Paper: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," January 26–April 4, 1993, no. 37.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Abstract Expressionism, Works on Paper: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," May 4–September 12, 1993, extended to November 7, 1993, no. 37.
National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo. "Abstract Expressionism: Works on Paper, Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," March 11–June 4, 1995, no. 51.
Madrid. Fundación Juan March. "Expresionismo Abstracto: Obra Sobre Papel, Colección The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Nueva York," May 9–July 2, 2000, no. 47.
Washington, D.C. Phillips Collection. "Angels, Demons, and Savages: Pollock, Ossorio, Dubuffet," February 9–May 12, 2013, no. 18 [reproduced upside down].
Water Mill, N.Y. Parrish Art Museum. "Angels, Demons, and Savages: Pollock, Ossorio, Dubuffet," July 21–October 27, 2013, no. 18 [reproduced upside down].
Francis Valentine O'Connor and Eugene Victor Thaw, ed. Jackson Pollock: A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings, Drawings, and Other Works. Vol. 3, Drawings, 1930–1956. New Haven, 1978, p. 321, no. 848, ill.
Tilman Osterwold inJackson Pollock: Zeichnungen. Exh. cat., Württembergischer Kunstverein. Stuttgart, 1990, pp. 14, 19, 73, pl. 31.
Lisa Mintz Messinger inJackson Pollock: Zeichnungen. Exh. cat., Württembergischer Kunstverein. Stuttgart, 1990, p. 66, pl. 31.
Lisa Mintz Messinger. Abstract Expressionism, Works on Paper: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Exh. cat., High Museum of Art, Atlanta. New York, 1992, pp. 86, 96, fig. 37 (color), states that this drawing was made by dripping ink from the dropper of a bottle top; identifies an abstracted figure on the left side of this composition.
Holland Cotter. "Abstract Expressionism: The Lighter, Quieter Side." New York Times (June 4, 1993), p. C24.
Jackson Pollock (American, Cody, Wyoming 1912–1956 East Hampton, New York)
ca. 1943
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