Hutch the One Armed Astro-Turf Man With a Defense

• John G. Hanhardt, Barbara Haskell, Mark Segal, Patterson Sims, and Marcia Tucker, Whitney Biennial 1977: Contemporary American Art, exh. cat. (Stamford, CT: Sandak, 1977), 84, as Hutch – One Armed “Astro-Turf” Man with a Defense.
• Martin Friedman, Robert Pincus-Witten, and Peter Gay, A View of a Decade, exh. cat. (Chicago: Museum of Contemporary Art, 1977), 44, as Hutch.
• Barbara Haskell, H. C. Westermann, exh. cat. (New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1978), 76 (color ill), 93, as Hutch–One Armed “Astro-turf” Man With a Defense.
• John Perreault, “An Artist’s Artist” Soho Weekly News (May 25, 1978), 24, as Hutch — One Armed Astro-turf Man With a Defense.
• Robert Hughes, “Westermann’s Witty Sculptures” Time 111, no. 25 (June 19, 1978), 52 (color ill.), as Hutch – One Armed ‘Astro-turf’ Man.
• Martha B. Scott, “H.C. Westermann’s Fascinating Contradiction of Order Mystery” Sunday Post (Bridgeport, CT), July 2, 1978, F-7, as “one-armed Astroturf man.”
• Ron Glowen, “H.C. Westermann Retrospective” Artweek 10, no. 7 (February 17, 1979), 16 (ill), as HUTCH —ONE ARMED ASTRO-TURF MAN WITH A DEFENSE.
• Cathy Curtis, “Wartime Memories” The Daily Californian (Berkeley) May 4, 1979, 24.
• Sidney Lawrence, “New Directions for Art” Pittsburgh Press Roto (Nov. 25, 1979), 38 (ill.).
• Dennis Adrian, H. C. Westermann, exh. cat. (London: Ernest Benn Ltd.. 1980), n.p., cat. 37 (color ill.), as Hutch – One Armed Astro-turf Man, with a Defense.
• I. Michael Danoff, “H.C. Westermann (1922-1981): An Appreciation” Ohio Arts Dialogue (January-February 1982), 26, as Hutch–One-Armed “Astro-Turf” Man With a Defense.
• Sally Eauclaire, “Comment: H.C. Westermann” The Workshop (Summer 1983), 8.
• Neal Benezra, H. C. Westermann: Selections from the Alan and Dorothy Press Collection, exh. brochure (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1987), n.p., as Hutch – One Armed ‘Astro-turf’ Man with a Defense.
• David King, Melani McKim-King, and John Fitz Gibbon, H.C. Westermann: West, exh. cat. (Richmond, CA: Richmond Art Center, 1997), 51, as Hutch.
• Michael Rooks and Lynne Warren, eds., H. C. Westermann: Exhibition Catalogue and Catalogue Raisonné of Objects, exh. cat. (Chicago: Museum of Contemporary Art; New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 2001), 31, 158, pl. 101 (color ill.), 346, 347, MCA cat rais. 271 (ill.).
• Michael Rooks, Lynne Warren, Dennis Adrian, and Robert Storr, H.C. Westermann: Exhibition Catalogue, exh. cat. (Chicago: Museum of Contemporary Art: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 2001), 31, 158, pl. 101, (color ill.), 194.
• Michael Rooks, H.C. Westermann: Selected Work, exh. cat. (New York: Zwirner & Wirth, 2007), n.p. (color ill.).
• Giampaolo Bianconi, Thea Liberty Nichols, and Ed Ruscha, H. C. Westermann: Anchor Clanker, exh. cat. (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 2025), 92, pl. 14, 93-95 (color ills.), 107, cat. 14

• New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, 1977 Biennial Exhibition, Feb. 15–Apr. 3, 1977, no cat. no., as Hutch – One Armed “Astro-Turf” Man with a Defense.
• Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, A View of a Decade, Sept. 10–Nov. 10, 1977, no cat. no, as Hutch.
• 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.
• London, Serpentine Gallery, H. C. Westermann, Dec. 5, 1980–Feb. 8, 1981, cat. 37, as Hutch – One Armed Astro-turf Man, with a Defense.
• 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 Hutch – One Armed ‘Astro-turf’ Man with a Defense.
• Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, H. C. Westermann, Jun 30–Sept. 23, 2001, cat. 271; 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, 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.
• The Art Institute of Chicago, H. C. Westermann: Anchor Clanker, May 17, 2025–May 17, 2026, cat. 14.

The artist; sold through Allan Frumkin Gallery, New York, to Alan (1930-2021) and Dorothy Press (1933-2023), Chicago, May 5, 1977 [invoice; copy in curatorial object file]; their estate; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, Aug. 29, 2023.