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John Stephan (1906-1995)
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John Stephan
Disc #10 1971
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John Stephan
Disc #12 1970
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John Stephan
Disc #17 1970
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John Stephan
Disc #6 1971
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John Stephan
Disk #8 1970
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Exhibitions |
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2004 |
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“American Abstractionists: Part 1”, David Findlay Jr. Fine Art, New York, NY |
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2004 |
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“American Abstractionists: Part 2”, David Findlay Jr. Fine Art, New York, NY |
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2002 |
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“American Abstract Expressionsm,” Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI |
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2002 |
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Yale University Art Gallery, “The Tiger’s Eye, The Art of a Magazine,” New Haven, CT (solo) |
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2001 |
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“New York School Abstraction,” Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI |
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2000 |
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“Jim Isermann: Logic Rules,” Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI |
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1995 |
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Spring Bull Gallery, Memorial Exhibition, Newport, RI (solo) |
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1994 |
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Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI |
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1988 |
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McKillop Gallery, Salve Regina University, Newport, RI (solo) |
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1983 |
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“Abstract Art in New England,” Danforth Museum, Framingham, MA |
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1983 |
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“Abstract Art in New England,” Stamford Museum and Nature Center, Stamford, CT |
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1982 |
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Harcus Krakow Gallery, Boston, MA (solo) |
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1981 |
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“Being and Nothingness,” DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA |
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1980 |
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Harcus Krakow Gallery, Boston, MA (solo) |
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1978 |
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“DeCordova Collects New England Art,” DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA |
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1977 |
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Harcus Krakow Gallery, Boston, MA (solo) |
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1976 |
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“Update,” DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA |
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1976 |
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Genesis Gallery, New York, NY |
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1975 |
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“Large Paintings,” Parsons Truman Gallery, New York, NY |
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1975 |
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Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI (solo) |
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1973 |
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141 Prince Street Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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1973 |
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Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI |
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1972 |
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Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI (solo) |
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1971 |
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Woods-Gerry Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI (solo) |
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1971 |
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“Abstract Painting,” DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA |
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1971 |
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Massachusetts Council on Arts and Humanities, Boston, MA |
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1970 |
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Parker Street 470, Boston, MA |
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1970 |
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Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI |
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1970 |
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DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA (solo) |
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1969 |
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Elaine Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY (solo) |
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1963 |
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10/4 Group, New York, NY (solo) |
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1963 |
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10/4 Group, New York, NY |
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1955 |
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Rosenquist Gallery, Tucson, AZ (solo) |
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1953 |
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Galleria Dello Zodiaco, Rome, Italy (solo) |
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1951 |
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9th Street Show, New York, NY |
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1951 |
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La Petite Galerie, Montparnasse, Paris, France |
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1950 |
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Gallery Artists, Betty Parsons Gallery, New York, NY |
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1950 |
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Betty Parsons Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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1949 |
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“13 American Abstract Artists,” Riverside Museum, New York, NY |
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1949 |
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Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY |
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1949 |
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Gallery Artists, Betty Parsons Gallery, New York, NY |
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1948 |
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Gallery Artists, Betty Parsons Gallery, New York, NY |
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1947 |
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Betty Parsons Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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1945 |
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Mortimer Brandt Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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1945 |
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New Arts Circle, J.B. Newman, New York, NY |
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1944 |
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New York Architectural League, New York, NY |
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1944 |
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Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, OH |
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1944 |
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Argent Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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1941 |
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“North Mississippi Valley Artists,” Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL |
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1941 |
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The Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago, IL |
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1941 |
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“45th Annual Exhibitions by Artists of Chicago and Vicinity,” Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL |
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1940 |
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Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL |
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1940 |
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“Exhibition National Art Week,” Chicago, IL |
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1939 |
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Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL |
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1938 |
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Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL |
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1936 |
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Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL |
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1935 |
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Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL |
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1934 |
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Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL |
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1933 |
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Paintings and Prints of Chicago Artists, Whitney Museum of American Art, NYC |
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1933 |
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Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY (solo) |
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1932 |
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Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, OH (solo) |
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1932 |
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Paintings by Chicago Artists, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburg, PA |
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1932 |
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“Tenth Annual Exhibition,” Chicago No-Jury Society of Artists, Gallery of Modern Life |
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1932 |
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Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY |
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1931 |
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11th International Watercolor Exhibition, Chicago, IL |
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1931 |
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Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL |
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1931 |
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Walden-Palmolive Gallery, Chicago, IL (solo) |
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1930 |
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Dill Pickle Club, Chicago, IL (solo) |
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1930 |
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All-Illinois Society of the Fine Arts, Stevens Hotel, Chicago, IL |
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1929 |
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Open-Air Art Show, Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, IL |
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1929 |
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Three-man show, Dill Pickles Club, Chicago, IL |
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Public Collections
Babson College, Wellesley, MA
Brandeis University, Rose Art Museum, Waltham, MA
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Boston Symphony, Boston, MA
Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH
DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA
Loyola Univeristy, Chicago, IL
Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
List Visual Arts Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL
Museum of Art, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT |
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Literature |
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1993 |
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Stephan, John. “John Stephan: A Life in Art,” Media Consultant, 1993, Reedited by Flickers, 1997 |
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1986 - 1987 |
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Stephan, John. “An Oral History,” Interviewed by Robert F. Brown, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1986-1987 |
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1979 |
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Stephan, John. “Statement,” DeCordova Museum Calendar, 1979 |
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1959 |
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Stephan, John. “Kandinsky,” It Is, No. 3, Winter-Spring 1959 |
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1959 |
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Stephan, John. “Kandinsky,” It Is, No. 3, Winter-Spring 1959 |
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1959 |
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Stephan, John. “Concerning Social Realism-Revival and Ghosts,” It Is, Winter-Spring 1959 |
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1949 |
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Stephan, John. “Night,” The Tiger’s Eye, Oct. 1949, p.68 |
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1948 |
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Stephan, John. “Of Gods and Man,” The Tiger’s Eye, Mar. 1948, p. 109 |
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1948 |
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Stephan, John. “Sculpture and the Weapon,” The Tiger’s Eye, Jun. 1948, p.107 |
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1948 |
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Stephan, John. “What is Sublime in Art,” The Tiger’s Eye, Dec. 1948, p.56 |
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1947 |
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Stephan, John. “The Ideas of Art,” The Tiger’s Eye, Dec. 1947, pp. 45-46 |
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Stephan, John. “A Gathering of Glory, Tiger’s Eye and Others,” Westport Historical Society |
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Reviews |
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Cunningham, Inez. “Current Exhibition in Chicago,” The Chicago Evening Post, Jan. 20, 1931
Cunningham, Inez. “First Exhibition of Paintings,” The Announcement, Jan.-Feb, 1931
Burrows, Carlyle. New York Herald Tribune, Feb. 20, 1944
Burrows, Carlyle. Art News, July, 1945
Burrows, Carlyle. New York Times, June 10, 1945
Devree, Howard. New York Times, Sept. 28, 1947
Cotes, Robert. New Yorker, Oct. 1947
Stephan, Ruth. “Response,” Tiger’s Eye, No.7, March. 1949
Preston, Stuart. New York Times, Oct. 1950
Sharpless, Ti-Grace. Art News, Jan. 1963, p. 46
Sharpless, Ti-Grace. Art News, Nov. 1963, p. 4
DeCredico, A.V. DeCordova Museum Catalogue, 1971
Swan, Bradford E. The Providence Journal, Jun. 1972
Swan, Bradford E. The Providence Journal, Jul. 1973
Brunelle, Al. Art News, Summer, 1973 p.94
Emerson, Clara F. Newport Daily News, July, 1975
Walkey. Fred P. Update, DeCordova Museum Catalogue, Lincoln MA
Heins, Greg. Newsletter, Harcus Krakow Gallery, 1977, p.1
Pantalone, John. Newport This Week, Sept. 1975
Pantalone, John. Newport This Week, Oct. 1983
Pantalone, John. Newport This Week, Oct. 1988
Zimmer, William. “Paradoxical Paintings,” The New York Times, Aug. 1983
Pantalone, John. “Truth and Beautiful Colors,” Newport This Week, Jul. 1995
Vranesh, George. “John Stephan’s Art,” Spring Bull Gallery Bulletin, Aug. 13, 1995
Reimer, R. E. “Stephan Works to be Featured in New Exhibit, Newport Daily News, Aug. 17,1995
Van Siclen, Bill. “A Historic Circle of Influence,” Providence Journal, Weekend Edition, Aug. 25, 1995, p. 1, 3
Keating, Barbara. “Spring Bull Gallery honors John Stephan,” The Newport Observer, Aug.16, 1995 |
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Stephan, John. “John Stephan: A Life in Art,” Media Consultant, 1993, Reedited by Flickers, 1997 |
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Stephan, John. “A Gathering of Glory, Tiger’s Eye and Others,” Westport Historical Society |
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On Tiger’s Eye |
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Kitazono, Katsue. A Yellow Eclipse, Hobunkan, Tokyo, 1953, pp.168-171, 237-238
Whittemore, Reed. Little Magazines, University of Minneapolis
Sandler, Irving. “The Triumph of American Painting,” A History of Abstract Expressionism, Praeger Publishing, 1970, p.211
Ashton, Dore. The New York Studio School, 1973, pp.184-190
Guilbaut, Serge, Ph.D. How New York Stole the Idea of Modern Art, p. 155,166
Falk, Peter Hastings. Who Was Who in American Art, Sound View Press, 1985, p. 594
Kazanjian, Dodie. Artsreview, The National Endowment for the Arts, Spring, 1987. Volume 4, No. 3, p.5
Gibson, Ann Eden, Ph.D., “Barnett Newman and the Tiger’s Eye,” Art International, Winter issue, 1988, pp. 14-23
Gibson, Ann Eden, Ph.D., “The Artist Run Periodicals,” Issues in Abstract Expressionism, The University of Michigan, 1990, pp. x, xi, xiii, 2, 5, 25-32, 91, 131, 133, 169
Ross, Clifford. Abstract Expressionism: Creators and Critics, 1990, p. 52, 130
Hall, Lee. Betty Parson, Abrams, 1991, p.96
Hamalian, Linda. The Life of Kenneth Rexroth, Norton, 1991, p. 310
Hashiba, Hatsue. “A Dialogue on the Journey,” Letters, May, 1993
Carr, Carolyn Kinder. Rebel Painters of the 1950s, Yale University Press, p.205, 686
Franks, Pamela. “The Tiger’s Eye, The Art of a Magazine,” 2002, Yale University Art Gallery |
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On the Federal Art Project |
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Lawson, Richard A. The Federal Arts Project in Illinois, Southern University Press, 1935-1943, 1990 p. 134 |
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