Inscription: Signed (lower right, in graphite): G. Severini; signed and inscribed (verso, upper center, in graphite): 4/ Le train dans la ville/ Gino Severini
the artist (1915–17; shipped in October 1916 to New York, valued at Fr 150; left on June 22, 1917 with Stieglitz); Alfred Stieglitz, New York (1917–d. 1946; his estate, 1946–49; gift to MMA)
New York. 291. "Paintings, Drawings, Pastels by Gino Severini," March 6–17, 1917, no catalogue (checklist no. 18; the artist's handwritten list as drawing no. 4).
Art Institute of Chicago. "Alfred Stieglitz: His Photographs and His Collection," February 2–29, 1948, no catalogue.
Museum of Modern Art, New York. "Twentieth Century Italian Art," June 28–September 18, 1949, unnumbered cat. (pl. 21; as "The Train in the City," 1913?, lent by the Estate of Alfred Stieglitz).
Museum of Modern Art, New York. "From the Alfred Stieglitz Collection: An Extended Loan from the Metropolitan Museum of Art," May 22–August 12, 1951, no catalogue (checklist no. E.L.51.704; loan extended to March 20, 1961).
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Drawings from the Alfred Stieglitz Collection," September 9–November 12, 1967, no catalogue.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art. "The Cubist Epoch," December 15, 1970–February 21, 1971, no. 302 (as "The Train in the City," 1914).
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "The Cubist Epoch," April 9–June 7, 1971, no. 302.
Venice. Palazzo Grassi. "Futurismo e Futurismi," May 4–October 12, 1986, unnumbered cat. (p. 234; dated 1913).
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Boccioni: The Lydia Winston Malbin Bequest," June 15, 1990–January 15, 1991, no catalogue.
Mexico City. Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes. "Modernidad y modernización en el arte mexicano: 1920–1960," November 21, 1991–March 11, 1992, no. 29 (as "The Train in the City").
New Haven. Yale University Art Gallery. "Severini futurista, 1912–1917," October 18, 1995–January 7, 1996, no. 23 (as "The Train in the City").
Fort Worth. Kimbell Art Museum. "Severini futurista, 1912–1917," February 11–April 7, 1996, no. 23.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Stieglitz and His Artists: Matisse to O'Keeffe," October 13, 2011–January 2, 2012, no. 38.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "World War I and the Visual Arts," July 31, 2017–January 7, 2018 (MMA Bulletin, Fall 2017, fig. 10).
"Severini, the 'Futurist,' at Photo-Secession." American Art News 15 (March 10, 1917), p. 3.
Charles H. Caffin. "Severini's Work Seen at '291'." New York American (March 12, 1917), p. 6.
James Thrall Soby. Twentieth-Century Italian Art. Exh. cat., Museum of Modern Art. New York, 1949, pp. 13, 135, pl. 21.
Howard Devree. "Over A Generation: Two Current Exhibitions That Emphasize the Expansion of American Art." New York Times (May 27, 1951), p. 78, ill, dates it 1913.
Paul J. Sachs. Modern Prints and Drawings: A Guide to a Better Understanding of Modern Draughtsmanship. New York, 1954, p. 173, pl. 155, calls it "The Train in the City" and tentatively dates it 1913.
George Heard Hamilton. "The Alfred Stieglitz Collection." Metropolitan Museum Journal 3 (1970), p. 382.
Joan M. Lukach. "Severini's 1917 Exhibition at Stieglitz's '291'." Burlington Magazine 113 (April 1971), pp. 200, 205, fig. 37.
Dorothy Norman. Alfred Stieglitz: An American Seer. New York, 1973, p. 7, fig. 67 (sideways), calls it "Le Train dans la Ville" and dates it 1913.
Piero Pacini. Gino Severini: Disegni e incisioni. Florence, 1977, unpaginated, pl. 18, calls it "Le Train dans la ville" and dates it about 1915.
Bernice Rose inDrawing: History of an Art. New York, 1979, pp. 214, 274, ill. p. 217, calls it "The Train in the City" and dates it 1913.
Margaret Reeves Burke. "Futurism in America, 1910-1917." PhD diss., University of Delaware, 1986, pp. 178–79, 239, pl. XXVII, calls it "The Train in the Village".
Daniela Fonti. Gino Severini: Catalogo ragionato. Milan, 1988, p. 198, no. 236, ill., calls it "Le Train dans la ville".
Karen Cordero inModernidad y modernizacion en el arte mexicano: 1920–1960. Exh. cat., Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes. [Mexico City], 1991, pp. 63, 166, no. 29, ill.
Barbara Burn, ed. The Metropolitan Museum of Art Guide. 2nd rev. ed. (1st ed., 1983). New York, 1994, p. 460, no. 50, ill. (color).
Anne Coffin Hanson. Severini futurista: 1912–1917. Exh. cat., Yale University Art Gallery. New Haven, 1995, pp. 47–48, 101, no. 23, fig. 19 and ill. p. 102.
Ester Coen. Illuminazioni. Avanguardie a confronto: Italia, Germania, Russia. Exh. cat., Museo di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto. Milan, 2009, pp. 401, 509, ill. p. 397.
Lisa Mintz Messinger inStieglitz and His Artists: Matisse to O'Keeffe. The Alfred Stieglitz Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Ed. Lisa Mintz Messinger. Exh. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 2011, pp. 71–72, 252, no. 38, ill. (color).
Jennifer Farrell. "World War I and the Visual Arts." Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 75 (Fall 2017), p. 11, fig. 10 (color).
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