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Russell, John. "Art: Italy 100 Years Ago, Shows at 2 Galleries." The New York Times, April 6, 1984, p. C27.
Artner, Alan G. "Quiet bids for freedom in 'Meditative' exhibit." Chicago Tribune, May 11, 1984.
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Fuchs, Rudi, Hilton Kramer, and Peter Schjeldahl. Art of Our Time: The Saatchi Collection, vol. 3. London: Lund Humphries, 1984.
van Grevenstein, Alexander, Edy de Wilde, and Karel Schampers. La Grande Parade. Hoogtepunten van de schilderkunst na 1940/Highlights in Painting After 1940. Exh. cat. Amsterdam: Stedelijk Museum, 1984.
Cummings, Paul. Twentieth-Century American Drawings: The Figure in Context. Exh. cat. Washington D.C.: International Exhibitions Foundation, 1984.
The Richard and Jane Lang Collection. Exh. cat. Seattle: Seattle Art Museum, 1984.
The Charles and Laura Dwan Collection. Exh. cat. Greensboro: Weatherspoon Art Museum, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 1984.
Politics in Art: The Art of Politics. Exh. cat. Brooklyn: Museum of the Borough of Brooklyn, Brooklyn College, 1984.
Joosten, Joop M., ed. 20 jaar verzamelen: aanwinsten Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, 1963–1984, schilder en beeldhouwkunst/ 20 Years of Art Collecting: Acquisitions Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, 1963–1984, Painting and Sculpture. Amsterdam: Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, 1984.
Painters' Painters: Milton Avery, Philip Guston, Giorgio Morandi. Exh. cat. Columbus: University Gallery of Fine Art, The Ohio State University, 1984.