Inscription: Signed and dated (lower left): LOUIS BOUCHÉ / 1934
the artist, New York (1934–37; sold through the Kraushaar Galleries, New York to MMA)
Art Institute of Chicago. "Forty-Sixth Annual Exhibition of American Paintings and Sculpture," October 24–December 8, 1935, no. 28.
New York. Kraushaar Galleries. "Exhibition of Paintings by Louis Bouché," March 16–28, 1936.
Art Institute of Chicago. "Half a Century of American Art," November 16, 1939–January 7, 1940, no. 25.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Contemporary Painting in the United States," April 19–27, 1941, no. 19.
Mexico City. Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes. "La Pintura Contemporánea Norteamericana," June 12–July 9, 1941, unnumbered cat. (p. 30).
Santiago. Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes. "La Pintura Contemporánea Norteamericana," September 6–October 5, 1941, unnumbered cat.
Lima. Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes. "La Pintura Contemporánea Norteamericana," November 5–30, 1941, unnumbered cat.
Quito. Universidad Central de Ecuador. "La Pintura Contemporánea Norteamericana," December 1941, unnumbered cat.
New York. Brearley School. September 22, 1944–February 13, 1945.
Mobile, Ala. Mobile Public Library. "Works by 14 American Painters," April 15–May 15, 1945, no catalogue.
Birmingham, Ala. Junior League Shop. "Works by 14 American Painters," May 18–June 21, 1945, no catalogue.
Bronx, N.Y. Riverdale Neighborhood Association. June 3–July 3, 1946.
Cincinnati Art Museum. "An American Show: Louis Bouché, Edward Hopper, Walt Kuhn, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, John Marin, Max Weber," October 1–November 2, 1948, no. 15.
Edward Alden Jewell. "Bouché Paintings Shown to Public." New York Times (March 18, 1936), p. 21.
"Painting and Sculpture: American, French, and English." New York Herald Tribune (March 22, 1936), p. E10.
W. Clifford. "Notes." Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 32 (April 1937), p. 102.
"Metropolitan Will Display 17 U.S. Paintings." New York Herald Tribune (May 29, 1937), p. 30.
Carlyle Burrows. "Hearn Paintings at the Metropolitan." New York Herald Tribune (May 30, 1937), p. E6.
Edward Alden Jewell. "American Artists Show Works Here." New York Times (May 29, 1937), p. 15.
Edward Alden Jewell. "Metropolitan Purchases: Museum Displays Its Recently Acquired Paintings by Living American Artists." New York Times (May 30, 1937), p. X7.
"American Art Exhibited at Metropolitan." Brooklyn Daily Eagle (May 30, 1937), p. 6C.
Martha Davidson. "The Pantheon of Living Native Art." Art News 35 (May 29, 1937), p. 10.
Norman Lewis (American, New York 1909–1979 New York)
1978
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