group exhibitions1952 Exhibition Momentum Midcontinental, Chicago1953 5th Annual Iowa <strong>Art</strong>ists Exhibition, Des Moines <strong>Art</strong> Center, Iowa (First Younker Award)Exhibition Momentum Midcontinental, Chicago1954 Younger American Painters, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New YorkDallas Young Collectors Show, Dallas Museum <strong>of</strong> Fine <strong>Art</strong>s, Texas1955-56 Younger American Painters (traveling exhibition organized by the SolomonR. Guggenheim Museum, New York), Portland <strong>Art</strong> Museum, Oregon; Henry Gallery,University <strong>of</strong> Washington, Seattle; San Francisco Museum <strong>of</strong> Fine <strong>Art</strong>s;Los Angeles County Museum <strong>of</strong> <strong>Art</strong>; University <strong>of</strong> Arkansas, Fayetteville; Isaac DelgadoMuseum <strong>of</strong> <strong>Art</strong>; Indiana University, Bloomington1958 15th Southeastern Annual, Atlanta, Georgia1st Hunter Gallery Annual, Chattanooga, TennesseeKnoxville <strong>Art</strong> Center National Exhibition, TennesseeSouth Coast <strong>Art</strong> Show, Sarasota, Florida (traveled to High Museum, Atlanta;North Carolina Museum <strong>of</strong> <strong>Art</strong>, Raleigh, North Carolina; Mint Museum, Charlotte,North Carolina; Birmingham Museum, Alabama)Group Show, Worcester <strong>Art</strong> Museum, Massachusetts1963 60 <strong>Modern</strong> Drawings: New Acquisitions, Museum <strong>of</strong> <strong>Modern</strong> <strong>Art</strong>, New YorkGraphics 63, University <strong>of</strong> Kentucky, Lexington (traveling exhibition circulatedby the Smithsonian Institution)<strong>Jack</strong> <strong>Roth</strong> and Rachel <strong>Roth</strong>, Paintings and Drawings, University <strong>of</strong> Kentucky, Lexington1980 Knoedler & Co., New York1982 1982 Summer Group Show, Knoedler & Co., New YorkFall Show, Rosenberg Fine <strong>Art</strong>s, Ltd., Toronto, CanadaTwo Person Show, Gallery <strong>of</strong> Fine <strong>Art</strong>, Princeton, New Jersey1995 Still Working: New Jersey <strong>Art</strong>ists Over 65, <strong>The</strong> Gallery at Bristol-Meyers Squibb,Princeton, New Jersey2001 Abstract Expressionism: Expanding the Canon, Gary Snyder Fine <strong>Art</strong>, New York<strong>Jack</strong> <strong>Roth</strong>, ca. 1980reviews and publications<strong>Art</strong> Digest (1953).J. J., “<strong>Jack</strong> <strong>Roth</strong>,” <strong>Art</strong> News 62 (Summer 1963), 18.<strong>Art</strong> Digest (1963).John Gruen, “A Chance to Catch Up at Seasonal Group Shows,” New York Herald Tribune,June 9, 1963, 6.Stuart Preston, “<strong>Art</strong>: Display <strong>of</strong> Drawings; Works <strong>of</strong> 46 American and European Painters atthe <strong>Modern</strong> Museum,” New York Times, August 2, 1963, 24.John Gruen, “60 ‘Drawings’—A Mélange,” New York Herald Tribune, August 2, 1963, 9.“Young Talent USA,” <strong>Art</strong> in America 51 (June 1963) 46-47, 52-53.Egbert Jacobson, exhibition review, Tampa Tribune, April 5, 1964, 7D.“Guggenheim Prizes Announced for 291,” New York Times, April 8, 1979, 32.<strong>Jack</strong> Tierney, “<strong>Art</strong> Rules <strong>Jack</strong> <strong>Roth</strong>’s Life,” <strong>The</strong> Herald News (New Jersey), May 15, 1979, B4.Judy Juanita, “Montclair’s Guggenheim <strong>Art</strong>ist–Abstract <strong>Art</strong> from a Realist,” <strong>The</strong> Record(New Jersey), May 17, 1979, D4.Beverly Savage, “<strong>Art</strong>ist-math pr<strong>of</strong> enjoys the best <strong>of</strong> both worlds,” Newark Star Ledger,May 24, 1979, 63.Jane Blanksteen, “Interview with <strong>Jack</strong> <strong>Roth</strong>,” New York Times, May 27,1979, 24.New Jersey Monthly (August 1979), 112.John Russell, “Paintings by <strong>Jack</strong> <strong>Roth</strong>,” New York Times, February 1, 1980, C17.Valentin Tatransky, “<strong>Jack</strong> <strong>Roth</strong>,” <strong>Art</strong>s Magazine 55 (February 1981), 35.David Newman, “<strong>Jack</strong> <strong>Roth</strong>,” <strong>Art</strong>s Magazine 55 (March 1981), 24.<strong>Jack</strong> <strong>Roth</strong>, <strong>Jack</strong> <strong>Roth</strong>: Recent Paintings, exh. cat. (Montclair, N.J.: Montclair <strong>Art</strong> Museum, 1982).Tworkov, “El <strong>Art</strong>e Abstracto Nunca Muere por Ejemplo <strong>Jack</strong> <strong>Roth</strong>,” Goya 172(January-February 1983), 151-52.Vivian Raynor, “Trenton: West Coast Expressionism,” New York Times, September 11, 1983, 24.Eileen Watkins, exhibition review, Newark Star Ledger, September 25, 1983.Veranda (March-April 1999), 164.44 45
exhibition checklistbasic or black, 1966 (cat 22)Acrylic on canvas, 68 x 68 inchesSigned, dated, and inscribed on versodance to the music, 1981 (cat 24)Acrylic on canvas, 22 x 18 inchesSigned, dated, and inscribed on versoibid d-2, 1982 (cat 14)Acrylic on canvas, 55 x 55 inchesSigned, dated, and inscribed on versol’<strong>of</strong>ficiel - 4, 1979 (cat 11)Acrylic on canvas, 57 x 52 inchesSigned and dated lower rightSigned, dated, and inscribed on versonew synthesis #30, 1981Acrylic on canvas, 36 x 22 inchesSigned, dated, and inscribed on versonew synthesis #88, 1981 (cat 7)Acrylic on canvas, 62 x 66 inchesSigned, dated, and inscribed on versobête noire #2, 1979 (cat 10)Acrylic on canvas, 70 x 100 inchesSigned and dated lower rightSigned, dated, and inscribed on versodance to the music <strong>of</strong> spring,montclair #61, 1981 (cat 25)Acrylic on canvas, 52 x 70 inchesSigned, dated and inscribed on versoidem – 6, 1982 (cat 28)Acrylic on canvas, 90 x 47 inchesSigned, dated, and inscribed on versometafour, 1980 (cat 17)Acrylic on canvas, 67 x 54 inchesSigned lower rightSigned, dated, and inscribed on versonew synthesis #32, 1981 (cat 30)Acrylic on canvas, 40 x 31 inchesSigned and dated on versoparametric pressure, 1980 (cat 5)Acrylic on canvas, 67 x 80 inchesSigned and dated on versocornering #11, 1979Acrylic on canvas, 36 x 22 inchesSigned, dated, and inscribed on versoibid #6, 1982 (cat 13)Acrylic on canvas, 50 x 82 inchesSigned and dated lower centerSigned, dated, and inscribed on versometafour #1, 1980 (cat 1)Acrylic on canvas, 30 x 68 inchesSigned, dated, and inscribed on versophant - 4, 1980 (cat 18)Acrylic on canvas, 26 x 36 inchesSigned and dated lower leftSigned, dated, and inscribed on versola ligne tremblante #7, 1980 (cat 9)Acrylic on canvas, 55 x 67 inchesSigned and dated lower rightSigned, dated, and inscribed on versonew synthesis #53, 1981 (cat 27)Acrylic on canvas, 60 x 48 inchesSigned, dated, and inscribed on versocornering #21, 1978 (cat 4)Acrylic on canvas, 55 x 42 inchesSigned, dated, and inscribed lower rightSigned, dated, and inscribed on versoibid #15, 1982 (cat 2)Acrylic on canvas, 42 x 56 inchesSigned and dated lower rightSigned and dated on versonew synthesis #26, 1981 (cat 16)Acrylic on canvas, 48 x 84 inchesSigned, dated, and inscribed on versoreeze, 1980 (cat 29)Acrylic on canvas, 60 x 90 inchesSigned, dated, and inscribed on verso46 47