Inscription: Signed and dated (lower right): LOUIS BOUCHÉ 1939
the artist, New York (1939–40; sold through the Kraushaar Galleries, New York to MMA)
New York. C. W. Kraushaar Art Galleries. "Recent Paintings by Louis Bouché," January 29–February 17, 1940, no. 15 (as "Long Island Ball Game").
Brooklyn. James Madison High School. "New York School-Museum Program," May 1–June 21, 1945.
Brooklyn. Samuel J. Tilden High School. "Modern American Masters (New York School-Museum Program)," November 1945, no catalogue.
Brooklyn. Fort Hamilton High School. "Modern American Masters (New York School-Museum Program)," December 1945, no catalogue.
Bronx. William Howard Taft High School. "Modern American Masters (New York School-Museum Program)," January 1946, no catalogue.
New York. Benjamin Franklin High School. "Modern American Masters (New York School-Museum Program)," February 1946, no catalogue.
Bronx. DeWitt Clinton High School. "Modern American Masters (New York School-Museum Program)," March 1946, no catalogue.
Bronx. Walton High School. "Modern American Masters (New York School-Museum Program)," April 1946, no catalogue.
Queens. John Adams High School. "Modern American Masters (New York School-Museum Program)," May–June 1946, no catalogue.
New York. Straubenmuller Textile High School. "New York School-Museum Program," September 18–October 25, 1946, no catalogue.
Bronx. Theodore Roosevelt High School. "New York School-Museum Program," October 25–November 25, 1946, no catalogue.
Bronx. Evander Childs High School. "New York School-Museum Program," November 25, 1946–January 8, 1947, no catalogue.
Bronx. Christopher Columbus High School. "New York School-Museum Program," January 8–February 20, 1947, no catalogue.
New York. Julia Richman High School. "New York School-Museum Program," February 20–March 20, 1947, no catalogue.
Brooklyn. New Utrecht High School. "New York School-Museum Program," March 20–April 30, 1947, no catalogue.
Brooklyn. Bay Ridge High School. "New York School-Museum Program," April 30–June 6, 1947, no catalogue [on view until May 19, 1947].
Brooklyn. Lafayette High School. "New York School-Museum Program," September 25–October 17, 1947, no catalogue.
Brooklyn. Erasmus Hall High School. "New York School-Museum Program," October 17–November 17, 1947, no catalogue.
Brooklyn. Midwood High School. "New York School-Museum Program," November 17, 1947–January 5, 1948, no catalogue.
New York. Washington Irving High School. "New York School-Museum Program," January 5–February 5, 1948, no catalogue.
Bronx High School of Science. "New York School-Museum Program," February 5–March 8, 1948, no catalogue.
Bronx. James Monroe High School. "New York School-Museum Program," March 8–April 7, 1948, no catalogue.
Brooklyn. Franklin K. Lane High School. "New York School-Museum Program," April 7–May 6, 1948, no catalogue.
Brooklyn. Girls' High School. "New York School-Museum Program," May 6–June 10, 1948, 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.
Norwich, Conn. Slater Memorial Museum. "A Survey of American Art," February 4–25, 1968, no. 27.
East Hampton, N. Y. Guild Hall. "Artists and East Hampton," August 14–October 3, 1976.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "American Landscape Painting," April 4–August 13, 1989, no catalogue.
Tulsa, Okla. Philbrook Museum of Art. "The Landscape in Twentieth-Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," April 14–June 9, 1991, no. 42.
Miami. Center for the Fine Arts. "The Landscape in Twentieth-Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," June 29–August 24, 1991, no. 42.
Omaha. Joslyn Art Museum. "The Landscape in Twentieth-Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," September 14–November 10, 1991, no. 42.
Tampa Museum of Art. "The Landscape in Twentieth-Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," December 14, 1991–February 8, 1992, no. 42.
Greenville, S. C. Greenville County Museum of Art. "The Landscape in Twentieth-Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," March 17–May 10, 1992, no. 42.
Madison, Wisc. Madison Art Center. "The Landscape in Twentieth-Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," June 6–August 2, 1992, no. 42.
Grand Rapids, Mich. Grand Rapids Art Museum. "The Landscape in Twentieth-Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," September 11–November 8, 1992, no. 42.
"Metropolitan Museum Buys 5 U.S. Paintings." Wilmington News Journal (March 16, 1940), p. 7C, calls it "Baseball Game".
Louise G. Burroughs. "Notes." Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 35 (March 1940), p. 69.
"Museum Gets a Renaissance Marble Group.
'Alpheus and Arethusa,' by Lorenzi, Is Among New Works at Metropolitan." New York Herald Tribune (March 17, 1940), p. 37.
"Metropolitan Acquires Six New Hearns." Art Digest 14 (April 1, 1940), p. 15, calls it "Baseball Game".
"New York: Metropolitan's New U.S. Paintings." Art News 38 (March 30, 1940), p. 20.
"Louis Bouché." American Artist 8 (April 1944), pp. 16–17, ill., calls it "Long Island Ball Game"; relates that when the artist began this painting "the boys gathered and watched over his shoulder. One asked 'Whatcha' doin' that pitcher fur, the newspaper?' 'No,' replied Bouche [sic], 'I'm doing it for the Metropolitan Museum of Art.'".
"Footnotes." American Artist 12 (January 1948), p. 8.
Lowery Stokes Sims inThe Landscape in Twentieth-Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Exh. cat., American Federation of Arts. New York, 1991, pp. 113, 122–25, no. 42, ill. (color).
Charles Sheeler (American, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1883–1965 Dobbs Ferry, New York)
1931
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