Two Ventilators

Inscription: Signed (lower left): OSVER; signed, dated, and inscribed (reverse): A.OSVER / "TWO VENTILATORS" / FEB-1947 / .

the artist, Long Island City (1947–50; sold through the Grand Central Art Galleries, New York to MMA)

Urbana. University of Illinois, College of Fine and Applied Arts, Architecture Building. "Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting," February 26–April 2, 1950, no. 97.

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "20th Century Painters: A Special Exhibition of Oils, Water Colors and Drawings Selected from the Collections of American Art in the Metropolitan Museum," June 16–October 29, 1950, unnum. brochure (p. 9).

Seattle Art Museum. "Contemporary American Painting and Sculpture," February 4–April 5, 1953, unnum. brochure.

Kent, Conn. Kent School. "American Painting, 1906–1956," September 12–November 29, 1955, no catalogue.

American Federation of Arts circulating exhibition. "American Painting: The 1940's," April 1967–May 1968, no. 45.

Robert Beverly Hale. 100 American Painters of the 20th Century: Works Selected from the Collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 1950, ill. p. 106.

Allen S. Weller. Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting. Exh. cat., University of Illinois, College of Fine and Applied Arts, Architecture Building. [Urbana], 1950, p. 19, no. 97, pl. 34.

Doris Brian. "The Metropolitan's American Policy—A Long View, No Blind Flying." Art Digest 24 (July 1, 1950), p. 22.