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Exhibition History"American Painting 1954," Virginia Museum, Richmond, Feb. 26 - Mar. 21, 1954, circulated to: Des Moines Art Center, Apr. 4 - May 2, 1954, cat. ref.(lent to the exhibition by Alan Gallery, New York)

"American Art Today and Yesterday," Iowa State University, Ames, 1960

"Karl Mattern, A Memorial Exhibition," Des Moines Art Center, cat. no. 66, color repro. on cover

"American Museum - An Experience in Community," organized and circulated by the International Connunication Agency, Washington, D.C. - circulated to: Bucharest, Romania, Oct. 13 - Nov. 1 1981; Museum of Fine Arts, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, May 25 - June 13, 1982; Shipka Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria, July 27 - Aug. 19, 1982
Published ReferencesDES MOINES SUNDAY REGISTER, repro.

DES MOINES ART CENTER BULLETIN, cover repro.
DimensionsOverall: 30 × 39 3/4 in. (76.2 × 101 cm)
Accession Number 1954.25
Classificationspainting
SignedK.M. (l,l oil paint) K.M. 1953 (verso u,l oil paint)
ProvenanceArtist; Des Moines Art Center [purchased from the previous, 1954]
Winter Shapes
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Karl Mattern
1936
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Karl Mattern
1962
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Karl Mattern
1936
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Karl Mattern
1956
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Karl Mattern
1959
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Karl Mattern
date unknown
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Karl Mattern
date unknown
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Karl Mattern
1934
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Karl Mattern
date unknown