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Title:Morning Glory
Artist:Audrey Buller (American, Montreal 1902–1984 Little Compton, Rhode Island)
Date:1936
Medium:Oil on canvas
Dimensions:30 × 24 in. (76.2 × 61 cm)
Classification:Paintings
Credit Line:George A. Hearn Fund, 1938
Object Number:38.99
Inscription: Signed (lower right): Audrey Buller
[Ferargil Galleries, New York, until 1938; sold to MMA]
New York. Whitney Museum of American Art. "Third Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting," November 10–December 10, 1936, no. 9.
New York. National Academy of Design. "One Hundred and Thirteenth Annual Exhibition," March 16–April 13, 1938, no. 44.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Contemporary American Paintings from the Museum's Collection," May 8, 1939–January 1, 1940, no catalogue.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "National Art Week and the Museum: Paintings by Living Americans," November 25–December 1, 1940, no catalogue.
New York. Organized by the MMA Education Department, unknown venue. "School Service Lending Collections exhibition," April 15–December 29, 1943 April 15–December 29, 1943.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Junior Museum. May 10–July 5, 1944.
New York. Whitney Museum of American Art. "Juliana Force and American Art: A Memorial Exhibition," September 24–October 30, 1949, no. 18 (dated 1936).
Nashville. Carl Van Vechten Gallery, Fisk University. "24th Annual Festival of Music and Art: Metropolitan Exhibit, 20th Century American Still-life Painting," April 23–May 6, 1953, no catalogue.
New York. Home for Aged and Infirm Hebrews. "[unknown exhibition]," January 15–February 15, 1954, no catalogue.
Bronx. Kingsbridge House. "[unknown exhibition]," February 15–March 15, 1954, no catalogue.
Santa Barbara Museum of Art. "Illusion and Reality in Contemporary American Art," June 15–July 22, 1956.
Pasadena Art Museum. "Illusion and Reality in Contemporary American Art," August 5–September 9, 1956.
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. "Illusion and Reality in Contemporary American Art," October 5–31, 1956.
East Hampton, N.Y. Guild Hall. "Trees in Art," July 18–August 13, 1957.
Montclair, N. J. Montclair Art Museum. "The World of Flowers in Painting," April 2–23, 1961.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "American Still Life: 1915–1950," February 1, 1995–January 28, 1996, no catalogue.
Richmond, Va. Marsh Art Gallery. "Still Life: The Object in American Art, 1915–1995. Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," January 3–February 28, 1997, no. 3.
Little Rock. Arkansas Arts Center. "Still Life: The Object in American Art, 1915–1995. Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," March 28–May 23, 1997, no. 3.
Newport Beach, Calif. Newport Harbor Art Museum. "Still Life: The Object in American Art, 1915–1995. Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," June 20–August 15, 1997, no. 3.
Tulsa, Okla. Philbrook Museum of Art. "Still Life: The Object in American Art, 1915–1995. Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," September 12–November 7, 1997, no. 3.
Palm Beach, Fla. The Society of the Four Arts. "Still Life: The Object in American Art, 1915–1995. Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," January 9–February 8, 1998, no. 3.
Salina, Kansas. Salina Art Center. "Still Life: The Object in American Art, 1915–1995. Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," March 6–May 3, 1998, no. 3.
O'Kane Gallery, University of Houston-Downtown. "Audrey Buller: A Magic Realist in Retrospect, Paintings from 1926–1952," January 17–March 2, 2007, unnumbered cat. (p. 13).
Jeannette Lowe. "Painting and Literature at the Whitney." Art News 35 (November 14, 1936), p. 20.
"Art Throughout America. New York: The Metropolitan Acquires Four Native Canvases." Art News 36 (July 16, 1938), p. 17.
"Debut This Year, Metropolitan Museum Honors Them." Art Digest 12 (August 1, 1938), p. 7, ill.
Carlyle Burrows. "Four New Canvases Bought By Museum." New York Herald Tribune (July 17, 1938), p. E5, ill.
"Metropolitan Buys Native Canvases." New York Times (July 17, 1938), p. X7, ill.
"Metropolitan Museum of Art Buys Canvas by Montrealer." Gazette. Montreal (July 23, 1938), p. 21, ill.
P[reston]. R[emington]. "Notes: Contemporary American Paintings." Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 33 (July 1938), p. 169.
Aimée Crane, ed. A Gallery of Great Paintings. New York, 1944.
St. G. B. "One Hundred Paintings: Typical Important Examples of All Schools Are Presented in a Convenient Form." Gazette. Montreal (March 3, 1945), p. 9.
Lowery Stokes Sims inStill Life: The Object in American Art, 1915-1995. Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Exh. cat., Marsh Art Gallery, Richmond, Va. New York, 1996, pp. 24, 30, 167, no. 3, ill. p. 31 (color).
Florine Stettheimer (American, Rochester, New York 1871–1944 New York, New York)
1942
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