Homage to American Art (Dedicated to Elie Nadelman)

1. The artist; sold through Rolf Nelson Gallery, Los Angeles, to Jacqueline and Ulf Gerber, Beverly Hills, CA by 1968 [Kozloff 1968]. B. C. Holland, Chicago. Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles. Alan (1930-2021) and Dorothy Press (1933-2023), Chicago, by 1978 [Barbara Haskell 1978]; their estate; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, Aug. 29, 2023.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

• Minneapolis, Walker Art Center, Eight Sculptors: The Ambiguous Image, Oct. 22–Dec. 4, 1966, cat. 42, as Dedicated to Elie Nadelman, 1965.
• Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, H. C. Westermann, Nov. 26, 1968–Jan. 12, 1969, cat. 31, as UNTITLED (Homage to Elie Nadelman), 1965.
• La Jolla, CA., La Jolla Museum of Art, Continuing Surrealism, Jan. 15–Mar. 21, 1971, cat. 53, as Untitled (Homage to Elie Nadelman), 1965.
• New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, H. C. Westermann, May 17–July 16, 1978, no cat. no.; New Orleans Museum of Art, Aug. 25–Oct. 15, 1978; Des Moines Art Center, Nov. 13–Dec. 25, 1978; Seattle Art Museum, Jan. 17–Feb. 25, 1979; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Mar. 30–May 20, 1979, as Homage to American Art (Dedicated to Elie Nadelman), 1965.
• Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago, H. C. Westermann: Selections from the Alan and Dorothy Press Collection, Mar. 13–May 3, 1987, no cat. no., as Untitled (Homage to Elie Nadelman), 1965.
• New York, Lennon, Weinberg, Inc., H. C. Westermann: Sculpture and Drawing, Oct. 7–Nov. 19, 1988, no cat. no., as Homage to American Art (Dedicated to Elie Nadelman), 1965.
• Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, H. C. Westermann, Jun 30–Sept. 23, 2001, cat. 153; Washington, D.C., Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Feb 14–May 12, 2002; Los Angeles, Museum of Contemporary Art, Jun. 9–Sept. 8, 2002; Houston, TX, Menil Collection, Oct. 4, 2002–Jan. 5, 2003.
• New York, Zwirner & Wirth, H.C. Westermann: Selected Work, Sept. 13–Nov. 3, 2007, no cat. no.
• New York, Venus, H.C. Westermann: See America First, Works from 1953–1980, Nov. 2, 2015–Jan. 16, 2016, no cat. no
• Milan, Fondazione Prada, H. C. Westermann, Oct. 20, 2017–Jan. 15, 2018, cat. 50.
• The Art Institute of Chicago, H. C. Westermann: Anchor Clanker, May 17, 2025–May 17, 2026, cat. 7 (closed, May 11, 2026).

• Martin Friedman and Jan van der Marck, Eight Sculptors: The Ambiguous Image, exh. cat. (Minneapolis: Walker Art Center, 1966), 38, 42, cat. 42, Dedicated to Elie Nadelman, 1965.
• Martin Friedman, “Carpenter Gothic” Artnews 66, no. 1 (March 1967), 30 (ill), as Dedicated to Elie Nadelman 1965, 30 (ill.), 75.
• Max Kozloff, H. C. Westermann, exh. cat. (Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1968), 14, 31 (ill.), cat. 31, as UNTITLED (Homage to Elie Nadelman), 1965.
• Lawrence Urrutia, Continuing Surrealism, exh. cat. (La Jolla, CA: La Jolla Museum of Art, 1971), n.p., cat. 53 (ill.), as Homage to American Art (Dedicated to Elie Nadelman), 1965.
• Barbara Haskell, H. C. Westermann, exh. cat. (New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1978), 59 (ill.), 92, as Homage to American Art (Dedicated to Elie Nadelman), 1965.
• John Perreault, “An Artist’s Artist” Soho Weekly News (May 25, 1978), 26, as Homage to American Art.
• Nick Baldwin, “Artist of Paradox” Des Moines Sunday Register (November 19, 1978), 3B.
• Neal Benezra, H. C. Westermann: Selections from the Alan and Dorothy Press Collection, exh. brochure (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1987), n.p., as Untitled (Homage to Elie Nadelman), 1965, n.p., as Homage to American Art (Dedicated to Elie Nadelman), 1965.
• Jill Weinberg and Bernard Lennon, H. C. Westermann: Sculpture and Drawing, exh. cat. (New York: Lennon, Weinberg, Inc., 1988), n.p. (color ill.), as Homage to American Art (Dedicated to Elie Nadelman), 1965.
• Bill Barrette, ed., Letters from H.C. Westermann (New York: Timken Publishing, 1988), 68, 178 as Homage to American Art.
• John Blee, “Soho Eye” Art/World (October 20-November 20, 1988), 8 (ill.).
• Ken Johnson, “H.C. Westermann at Lennon Weinberg” Art in America 76, no. 12 (December 1988): 150, as Homage to American Art.

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