the artist, New York (1950–52; sold through the Betty Parsons Gallery, New York to MMA)
Urbana. University of Illinois, College of Fine and Applied Arts, Architecture Building. "University of Illinois Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting," March 4–April 15, 1951, no. 94 (as "Isotopes").
New York. Betty Parsons Gallery. "Walter Murch," May 14–June 2, 1951, no catalogue.
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. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "American Painting, 1754–1954," December 18, 1953–September 1954, no catalogue.
Providence. Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design. "Walter Murch: A Retrospective Exhibition," November 9–December 4, 1966, no. 26.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "American Paintings, Drawings and Watercolors from the Museum's Collections," October 1–December 7, 1969, 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.
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. 48.
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. 48.
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. 48.
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. 48.
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. 48.
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. 48.
Willard F. Libby. "Hot Atom Chemistry." Scientific American (March 1950), ill. front cover (color; commissioned by the magazine for the cover).
Ruth Campbell. "Art Collection in Fisk Show Impressive." Nashville Tennessean (April 24, 1953), p. 52.
Ernest W. Watson. "Walter Murch: Painter of the Impossible." American Artist 19 (October 1955), pp. 26, 62–63, ill.
Sabine Rewald 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. 126, 169, no. 48, ill. p. 127 (color).
Lowery Stokes Sims and Sabine Rewald 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, p. 17.
Gary Schwan. "Still Life: Still Lively." Palm Beach Post (January 4, 1998), p. 2J, ill. p. 1J.
Judy Collischan. "Walter Tandy Murch: 'Only' the Artist." Walter Tandy Murch: Paintings and Drawings, 1925–1967. New York, 2021, pp. 105, 282, ill. (color, front cover of Ref. Libby 1950), colorpl. 124.
Florine Stettheimer (American, Rochester, New York 1871–1944 New York, New York)
1942
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