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Title:The Sitter
Artist:Larry Rivers (American, Bronx, New York 1923–2002 Southampton, New York)
Date:1956
Medium:Oil on canvas
Dimensions:51 1/4 × 47 1/8 in. (130.2 × 119.7 cm)
Classification:Paintings
Credit Line:Hugo Kastor Fund, 1956
Object Number:56.187
the artist, New York (1956; sold through Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York to MMA)
New York. Tibor de Nagy Gallery. "Larry Rivers," December 1956, no catalogue.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Three Centuries of American Painting," April 9–October 17, 1965, unnum. checklist.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "American Paintings, Drawings and Watercolors from the Museum's Collections," October 1–December 7, 1969, no catalogue.
National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. "Great American Paintings from the Boston and Metropolitan Museums," November 30, 1970–January 10, 1971, no. 91.
Saint Louis, Mo. City Art Museum. "Great American Paintings from the Boston and Metropolitan Museums," January 28–March 7, 1971, no. 91.
Seattle Art Museum. "Great American Paintings from the Boston and Metropolitan Museums," March 25–May 9, 1971, no. 91.
San Juan. El Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña. "Arte del Siglo Veinte: EE.UU. del Museo Metropolitano de Arte," April 19–May 31, 1974, no. 19.
Southampton, N. Y. Parrish Art Museum. "Twentieth Century American Paintings from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," September 25–December 31, 1977, no. 34.
Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels. "La Peinture Américaine au 20e Siècle de la Collection du Metropolitan Museum of Art," June 28–August 23, 1978, no. 32 (as "Figure Assise" ).
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Tribute to a Curator: Robert Beverly Hale," November 16, 1978–March 4, 1979, extended to March 18, 1979, unnum. checklist.
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. 57).
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, unnumbered cat.
Roslyn Harbor, N.Y. Nassau County Museum of Art. "Larry Rivers," August 16–November 15, 1992.
Mexico City. Centro Cultural Arte Contemporáneo. "Pintura Estadounidense Expresionismo Abstracto," October 11, 1996–January 12, 1997, no. 93.
H. G. "Larry Rivers." Art News 55 (December 1956), ill. p. 9.
Stuart Preston. "Miro and Americans." New York Times (December 9, 1956), p. 162, generally discusses the works shown in Exh. New York 1956.
"A Master Teacher." Life 42 (April 8, 1957), ill. p. 71 (color; with the artist).
Henry Geldzahler. American Painting in the Twentieth Century. New York, 1965, pp. 174–75, ill.
Thomas N. Maytham. Great American Paintings from the Boston and Metropolitan Museums. Exh. cat., National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. Seattle, 1970, p. 140, no. 91, ill. p. 141.
Marshall B. Davidson. The American Heritage History of the Artists' America. New York, 1973, pp. 368–69, ill.
Henry Geldzahler. Arte del Siglo Veinte: EE.UU. del Museo Metropolitano de Arte/ Twentieth-Century Art: U.S.A. from The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Exh. cat., El Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña. San Juan, 1974, pp. 52–53, no. 19, ill.
Shirley Glubok. The Art of America Since World War II. New York, 1976, p. 18, ill. p. 19.
Helen A. Harrison. Twentieth Century American Paintings from The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Exh. cat., Parrish Art Museum. Southampton, N. Y., 1977, p. 40, no. 34, ill.
Helen A. Harrison inLa Peinture Américaine au 20e Siècle de la Collection du Metropolitan Museum of Art. Exh. cat., Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels. Brussels, 1978, unpaginated, no. 32, ill., reprints Ref. Harrison 1977.
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. 42, 56–57, ill.
Larry Rivers (American, Bronx, New York 1923–2002 Southampton, New York)
1974
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