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Title:Nude
Artist:Leon Kroll (American, New York 1884–1974 Gloucester, Massachusetts)
Date:1933–34
Medium:Oil on canvas
Dimensions:48 × 36 in. (121.9 × 91.4 cm)
Classification:Paintings
Credit Line:Arthur Hoppock Hearn Fund, 1949
Object Number:49.127
Inscription: Signed (lower right): Leon Kroll
the artist, New York (until 1949; sold to MMA)
Pittsburgh. Carnegie Institute. "The 1934 International Exhibition of Paintings," October 18–December 9, 1934, no. 72 (as "Seated Nude").
Pittsburgh. Carnegie Institute. "Paintings by Leon Kroll," April 25–June 2, 1935, no. 15 (as "Seated Nude").
Toledo Museum of Art. "Twenty-second Annual Exhibition of Selected Paintings by Contemporary American Artists," June 2–August 28, 1935.
Art Institute of Chicago. "Forty-Seventh Annual Exhibition of American Paintings and Sculpture," October 22–December 6, 1936, no. 96 (as "Seated Nude").
City Art Museum of St. Louis. "31st Annual Exhibition of Paintings by American Artists," January 2–February 15, 1937, no. 12 (as "Seated Nude," 1933).
Washington, D. C. Corcoran Gallery of Art. "The Fifteenth Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil Paintings," March 28–May 9, 1937.
Cleveland Museum of Art. "Exhibition of American Painting from 1860 Until Today," June 21–October 4, 1937, no. 114 (as "Seated Nude," lent by Milch Galleries, New York).
Worcester Art Museum. "Leon Kroll," December 1–19, 1937, no. 24 (dated 1933, lent by the Milch Galleries) [possibly this picture].
London. Wildenstein & Co., Ltd. "Contemporary American Paintings," May 25–June 25, 1938, no. 27.
New York. Milch Galleries. "Group exhibition," June–July 1939.
New York. French & Co. Inc. "Paintings by Leon Kroll," January 4–25, 1947, no. 14 (as "Seated Nude").
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "20th Century Painters: A Special Exhibition of Oils, Water Colors and Drawings Selected from the Collections of American Art in the Metropolitan Museum," June 16–October 29, 1950, unnum. brochure (p. 7).
Dallas Museum of Fine Arts. "Six Centuries of Headdress," April 3–May 1, 1955, no. 52 (as "Nude").
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Three Centuries of American Painting," April 9–October 17, 1965, unnum. checklist.
Moscow. State Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts. "Representations of America," December 15, 1977–February 15, 1978, no catalogue.
Leningrad. State Hermitage Museum. "Representations of America," March 15–May 15, 1978, no catalogue.
Minsk, Belarus. Palace of Art. "Representations of America," June 15–August 15, 1978, no catalogue.
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, no catalogue.
Fort Lauderdale Museum of the Arts. "Leon Kroll (1884–1974): Paintings 1910–1960," January 9–February 24, 1980, no. 25.
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. 121).
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.
Douglas Naylor. "No Nudes Good News?" Pittsburgh Press (May 26, 1935), p. 34, ill.
"Annual American Show at Art Museum." St. Louis Post-Dispatch (January 2, 1937), p. 3.
"Americans in London." Art Digest 12 (May 15, 1938), p. 16.
"London to Rival Paris in Display of American Art." New York Herald Tribune (May 7, 1938), p. 9.
A[lexander]. Z[erdini]. Kruse. "At the Art Galleries." Brooklyn Daily Eagle (June 25, 1939), p. 36, ill.
"American Miscellany: Four Group Shows of Contemporary Art Set the Pace for the Summer Season." New York Herald Tribune (June 18, 1939), p. E5.
Jo Gibbs. "Kroll Holds First Show in a Decade." Art Digest 21 (January 1, 1947), p. 16, ill.
Robert Beverly Hale. 100 American Painters of the 20th Century: Works Selected from the Collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 1950, ill. p. 64.
Doris Brian. "The Metropolitan's American Policy—A Long View, No Blind Flying." Art Digest 24 (July 1, 1950), pp. 7, 9.
Henry Geldzahler. American Painting in the Twentieth Century. New York, 1965, p. 87, ill.
Marshall B. Davidson. The American Heritage History of the Artists' America. New York, 1973, pp. 310–11, ill.
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. 10, 115, 120–21, ill.
John Brandenburg. "Museum's Offerings Tell Story of 20th Century America." Daily Oklahoman/Times (May 30, 1985), p. 15.
Piri Halasz. "Manhattan Museums: The 1940s vs. the 1980s; Part Two: The Metropolitan Museum of Art." Arts Magazine 59 (March 1985), pp. 92–93.
Leon Kroll (American, New York 1884–1974 Gloucester, Massachusetts)
1945
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