JOHN FERREN (1905-1970)
A Rose for Gertrude Stein
signed, dated and inscribed with title 'John Ferren/1962' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
72 x 76 in. (182.9 x 193 cm.)
Painted in 1962.

Rose Fried Gallery, New York.
Mari and James A. Michener, Austin, Texas, acquired from the above, 1963.
Gift to the present owner from the above, 1968.

R. Hirsch, "Private Affinities and Public Uses: The Michener Collection," Arts Magazine, May 1966, p. 19, illustrated.
E. Freed, "A Windfall for Texas," Art in America, November-December 1969, p. 81, illustrated.
Texas Quarterly, vol. XIII, 1970, p. 298, no. 82.
E.A. Powell III, The James A. Michener Collection: Twentieth Century American Painting, Austin, Texas, 1977, p. 100.
A.D. Carlozzi, K. Baum, eds., Blanton Museum of Art: American Art Since 1900, Austin, Texas, 2006, pp. 90-91, pl. 41, illustrated.

New York, Rose Fried Gallery, John Ferren, June 18-July 26, 1963.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Art Since 1945, Selected from the Michener Collection, June 29-September 23, 1964.
Scranton, Pennsylvania, Everhart Museum, Non-Objective Paintings from the Michener Collection, May 1-30, 1965.
Kutztown, Pennsylvania, State College, American Painting Since 1950, from the Michener Collection, October 1-31, 1965.
Allentown, Pennsylvania, Muhlenberg College, Recent Paintings from the Michener Foundation Collection, April 13-30, 1966.
Allentown, Pennsylvania, Allentown Art Museum, New Acquisitions, 1963-1966: The James A. Michener Foundation Collection, May 13-July 5, 1966, no. 21.
Columbus, Georgia, Museum of Arts and Crafts; Storrs, Connecticut, University of Connecticut; Brunswick, Maine, Bowdoin College Museum of Art; Champaign, Illinois, University of Illinois, Krannert Art Museum; Ithaca, New York, Cornell University, Andrew Dickson White Museum of Art; East Lansing, Michigan, Michigan State University; Utica, New York, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute; New London, Connecticut, Lyman Allyn Museum; Palm Springs, California, Desert Museum; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma Art Center; Memphis, Tennessee, Brooks Memorial Art Gallery; Charleston, South Carolina, Gibbs Art Gallery; Albuquerque, New Mexico, University of New Mexico Art Museum; Knoxville, Tennessee, Dulin Gallery of Art, Sources for Tomorrow, from the James A. Michener Foundation Collection, January 14, 1967-April 20, 1969, no. 13.
Austin, Texas, University of Texas at Austin, Selected Paintings from the Michener Collection, November 2, 1969-January 5, 1970, n.p., no. 22, illustrated.
Austin, Texas, University of Texas at Austin, Color Forum, February 27-April 16, 1972, no. 20.
Berlin, Amerika Haus; Bucharest, American Embassy Library, Form and Creative Process: Selections from the Michener Collection, May 15-June 30, 1972.
Austin, Texas, University of Texas at Austin, The Michener Collection: American Paintings of the Twentieth Century, November 22, 1972-March 1, 1973.
Austin, Texas, University of Texas at Austin, Conservation and Restoration of Paintings, October 14-November 11, 1973.
Austin, Texas, University of Texas at Austin, The 1960s: Color Painting from the United States from the Michener Collection, April 7-October 6, 1974.
Austin, Texas, University of Texas at Austin, Abstract Expressionists and Imagists: A Retrospective View, an Exhibition of Paintings from the Michener Collection, February 1-March 28, 1976, n.p., illustrated.
Austin, Texas, University of Texas at Austin, Blanton Museum of Art, Exploring the Sixties: Selected Paintings from the Michener Collection, June 10, 1988-July 31, 1988.
Austin, Texas, University of Texas at Austin, Blanton Museum of Art, Painting Explosion: 1958-1963, January 24-April 13, 2003.
Austin, Texas, University of Texas at Austin, Blanton Museum of Art, Painting Explosion: 1958-1963, Part II, April 19-July 27, 2003.