Number 57

Inscription: Signed (center right): A. Ryan; signed and dated (verso): A. Ryan '53

the artist, New York (1953–d. 1954); her daughter, Elizabeth McFadden, New York (1954–56; her gift to MMA)

New York. Fischbach Gallery. "Anne Ryan: Collages," January 27–February 22, 1968, no catalogue.

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "The Educated Eye: Studies in Curatorial Problems," January 1973, no. 3 (p. 22; as "Collage: Number 57").

New York Cultural Center. "Grand Reserves: An Exhibition of 235 Objects from the Reserves of Fifteen New York Museum and Public Collections," October 24–December 8, 1974, no. 136 ( as "Collage Number 57").

Long Island City, N. Y. P.S. 1 Institute for Art and Urban Resources. "Underknown: Twelve Artists Re-seen in 1984," October 14–December 9, 1984, not in catalogue.

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Collages and Prints by Anne Ryan," October 18, 1988–January 29, 1989, no catalogue.

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "The Prismatic Eye: Collages by Anne Ryan, 1948-54," June 4–September 6, 2010, no catalogue.

Meg Perlman and Alice Zimet in The Educated Eye: Studies in Curatorial Problems. Exh. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 1973, pp. 22–23, no. 3.

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