Inscription: Signed and dated (lower right): REGINALD / MARSH '39
the artist, New York (1939–40; sold through Frank K. M. Rehn, Inc., New York to MMA)
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Contemporary Painting in the United States," April 19–27, 1941, no. 231.
Mexico City. Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes. "La Pintura Contemporánea Norteamericana," June 12–July 9, 1941, unnumbered cat. (p. 140).
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. American Academy of Arts and Letters. "Exhibition of Work by Newly Elected Members and Recipients of Honors and Awards," May 17–June 30, 1946.
Kent, Conn. Kent School. "American Painting, 1906–1956," September 12–November 29, 1955, no catalogue.
Newport Beach. Newport Harbor Art Museum. "Reginald Marsh: A Retrospective Exhibition," November 2–December 10, 1972, no. 48.
Des Moines Art Center. "Reginald Marsh: A Retrospective Exhibition," January 8–February 18, 1973, no. 48.
Fort Worth Art Center Museum. "Reginald Marsh: A Retrospective Exhibition," February 27–April 1, 1973, no. 48.
Austin. University Art Museum, University of Texas. "Reginald Marsh: A Retrospective Exhibition," April 15–May 31, 1973, no. 48.
Berlin. Akademie der Künste. "Amerika: Traum und Depression 1920/40," November 9–December 28, 1980, no. 247.
Kunstverein Hamburg. "Amerika: Traum und Depression 1920/40," January 11–February 15, 1981, no. 247.
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. 87).
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, unnum. cat.
Roslyn Harbor, N. Y. Nassau County Museum of Art. "American Realism Between the Wars, 1919 to 1941," April 10–June 5, 1994, unnumbered cat. (fig. 28).
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "American Drawing: 1930s," April–September 8, 1996, no catalogue.
Roslyn Harbor, N. Y. Nassau County Museum of Art. "Reginald Marsh and Infamous New York," February 19–May 14, 2006, unnumbered cat.
"New Art on View at Metropolitan." New York Times (August 24, 1940), p. 6.
Harry B. Wehle. "National Art Week and the Museum: Trends in American Painting." Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 35 (November 1940), ill. p. 9.
Jeannette Lowe. "The Metropolitan as a Patron of Americans: A Special Art Week Show." Art News 39 (November 23, 1940), p. 10.
"Museum Buys 21 Paintings by Artists of U.S.: Contemporary Works Will Be Placed on Exhibition by Metropolitan Today." New York Herald Tribune (August 24, 1940), p. 9.
"Notes: Hearn Purchases." Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 35 (August 1940), p. 167.
"Met Recognizes California Watercolorists." Art Digest 14 (September 1, 1940), p. 8.
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. 71, 86–87, ill.
John Brandenburg. "Museum's Offerings Tell Story of 20th Century America." Daily Oklahoman/Times (May 30, 1985), p. 15, dates it 1909.
Reginald Marsh (American, Paris 1898–1954 Dorset, Vermont)
1932
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