Michael Sadler, Oxford (until d. 1943); [Leicester Galleries, London, in 1944]; [McRoberts and Tunnard Limited, London]; Rae H. Eckman (until d.; her estate, until 1979; sale, Christie's, New York, November 8, 1979, no. 39, as "Coffee Pot in Window," sold to Mayor); [Mayor Gallery, London, 1979–80; sold in 1980 to d'Offay]; private collection (1980–81; sold through Anthony d'Offay Gallery, London to MMA)
London. Leicester Galleries. "Selected Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture from the Collection of the late Sir Michael Sadler," January 7–February 10, 1944, no. 97 (as "Still life") [probably this picture].
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "30 Painters: Recent Acquisitions (formerly titled ‘Given and Promised’)," January 26–March 14, 1982, brochure no. 13.
Dallas. Meadows Museum and Gallery, Meadows School of the Arts, Southern Methodist University. "The Charleston Artists: Vanessa Bell, Duncan Grant and Their Friends," October 28–December 9, 1984, no. 19.
London. Kiddell Gallery, Sotheby's. "The Charleston Artists: Vanessa Bell, Duncan Grant and Their Friends," December 19, 1984–January 21, 1985, no. 19.
New York. Hirschl & Adler Galleries. "British Modernist Art 1905–1930," November 14, 1987–January 9, 1988.
London. Barbican Art Gallery. "Modern Art in Britain 1900–1914," February 20–May 26, 1997, no. 114.
London. Tate Gallery. "The Art of Bloomsbury: Roger Fry, Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant," November 4, 1999–January 30, 2000, no. 57.
San Marino, Calif. Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. "The Art of Bloomsbury: Roger Fry, Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant," March 4–April 30, 2000, no. 57.
New Haven. Yale Center for British Art. "The Art of Bloomsbury: Roger Fry, Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant," May 20–September 2, 2000, no. 57.
Eliot Nolen in "Twentieth Century Art." The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Notable Acquisitions, 1980–1981. New York, 1981, pp. 64–65, ill.
Richard Shone. The Charleston Artists: Vanessa Bell, Duncan Grant and Their Friends. Exh. cat., Meadows Museum and Gallery, Meadows School of the Arts, Southern Methodist University. [London], 1984, p. 34, no. 19, ill. p. 14, dates it about 1918.
Gary Tinterow et al. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Vol. 8, Modern Europe. New York, 1987, pp. 152–53, colorpl. 129.
John Russell. "Art: Unexpected Juxtapositions in the Met's New Wing." New York Times (January 21, 1987), p. C17.
Maureen Mullarkey. "Tuesday at the Met." Hudson Review 40 (Summer 1987), p. 197 (possibly this work).
Paul Richard. "Mixing It Up At the Metropolitan: Standards & Surprises at the Museum's New Wallace Wing." Washington Post (February 1, 1987), p. F9, calls it "Coffee Pot" and dates it 1916.
Roger Bevan. "Museum Review: The Metropolitan Museum: a New Wing for Modern Art." Apollo 127 (January 1988), pp. 40–41, dates it about 1911.
Anna Gruetzner Robins. Modern Art in Britain 1910–1914. Exh. cat., Barbican Art Gallery. London, 1997, pp. 150–51, 174, no. 114.
Richard Shone. "London, Barbican Art Gallery: Modern Art in Britain 1910–1914." Burlington Magazine 139 (May 1997), p. 349.
Richard Shone. The Art of Bloomsbury: Roger Fry, Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant. Exh. cat., Tate Gallery. London, 1999, pp. 131, 204, no. 57, ill. p. 130 (color).
John Loughery. "Ever at the Crossroads." Hudson Review 53 (Autumn 2000), p. 476.
Christopher Reed inA Room of Their Own: The Bloomsbury Artists in American Collections. Ed. Nancy E. Green and Christopher Reed. Exh. cat., Nasher Museum of Art, Duke University, Durham, N.C. Ithaca, N. Y., 2008, p. 62, fig. 4 (color).
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