Lowell Blair Nesbitt
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| Lowell Nesbitt | |
| Birth name | Lowell Blair Nesbitt |
| Born | October 4, 1933 Maryland, Maryland, U.S. |
| Died | July 8, 1993 (aged 59) New York, New York |
| Nationality | American (United States) |
| Field | Painting, Drawing, Printmaking, Sculpting |
| Training | Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Royal Academy of Arts, London |
Lowell Blair Nesbitt (b. October 4, 1933, Baltimore, Maryland - d. July 8, 1993, New York, New York) was a painter, draughtsman, printmaker and sculptor.
[edit] Biography
Lowell Nesbitt was a graduate of the Tyler School of Art at Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and also attended the Royal Academy of Arts in London, England where he created a number of works in the mediums of stained glass & etching.
In 1958 the Baltimore Museum of Art hosted the first solo museum exhibit that Nesbitt was to have in his lengthy career but it was in 1964 with Nesbitt's debut at the Corcoran Gallery of Art (Museum) in Washington D.C. that the art world truly took notice of his bold new style with this first public exhibition of the botanical series of paintings, drawings and prints which was to be the series of works that was to put Lowell Nesbitt on the map of current art world fascinations. The vast array of botanical works most likely would not have been created had it had not been for the beckoning of fellow artist, Robert Indiana who suggested in 1962 after viewing some of Lowell Nesbitt's abstract paintings drawings and prints that he attempt to make a conversion from the abstraction which Nesbitt’s career had been focused on, pre 1962 to the style of realism.
Nesbitt was often classified as a Photorealist artist, though, he fought inclusion with this group of artists throughout his career. Lowell Nesbitt quickly established himself as an artist who could employ both diversity of technique and subject matter while creating paintings, drawings and prints using studio interiors, articles of clothing, piles of shoes, x-ray figures (Nesbitt was the first highly recognized artist to use this subject matter since the artists of the New Zealand region unknowingly painted "x-ray style" figures at the early portion of the last millennium), caverns, ruins, landscapes, flowers, groupings of fruits and vegetables, and electronic components (he is credited for being the first artist to use computer parts as subject matter for his artwork). He also used his pet dogs in addition to birds, reptiles, various mammal's and the Neoclassical facades of SoHo's 19th century cast-iron buildings and several of Manhattan's major bridges, in addition to a number of series in which he incorporated numerous Victorian staircases, and other interior scenes as subject matter for his artwork. His last series in the 1980‘s, titled the “impossible series” was a grouping of surrealistic landscapes paintings and drawings.
To honor Lowell Nesbitt's monumental contributions to the art world, in 1980, the United States Postal Service issued four stamps based on his floral paintings. He also served as the official artist for the NASA space flights of Apollo 9 and Apollo 13. Lowell Nesbitt died in his New York studio in 1993.
In October, 2003 the Eric I. Spoutz Gallery in Detroit, Michigan hosted Lowell Nesbitt’s largest most comprehensive retrospective exhibit since the artist’s death. The exhibition was meant to honor the artists 70th birthday (with the exhibition dates covering the artists date of birth in October) and also it was hosted in the year that marked the ten year anniversary of the artists death.
[edit] Lowell Nesbitt's Studio and Mansion in New York
In 1976, Nesbitt had moved from his studio from an already large location on West 14th Street (which he shared with artist Ian Hornak in the middle portion of the 1960's) in New York, to 389 West 12th, Street, the site of a former police stable that he purchased and renovated, which measured in excess of 12,500 square feet. This studio and living space, acting as one of the premier examples in New York City included an indoor swimming pool, a four story atrium and a roof top entertainment area; Nesbitt labled the facility "The Old Stable." For the facility Nesbitt hired two full time staff members, a care taker for his plants and a chef. This provided a befitting backdrop to the artists "Larger then life Artwork" (the largest single painting that Nesbitt is known to have created measured in excess of thirty feet in length with many twenty feet in length or height). The Lowell Nesbitt studio became a popular gathering place for major art world figures, celebrities and dignitaries including Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Indiana, Jasper Johns, Robert Motherwell, Larry Rivers and James Rosenquist. This monumental space that Nesbitt created resulted in feature articles about the facility in the New York Times, the Washington Post and Architectural Digest Magazine in the late 1970's. After Lowell Nesbitt’s death the “Old Stable” was purchased by fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg who used the it for her primary design studio and in city living area. She continued to use the structure until the early 2000’s when it was sold and demolished to make space for a new high-rise building.
[edit] Lowell Nesbitt's Involvment in the Robert Mapplethorpe Scandal
In June 1989 Lowell Nesbitt became involved with the scandal involving fellow artist Robert Mapplethorpe. The Corcoran Gallery of Art(Museum) in Washington D.C. had agreed to host a solo exhibit of Robert Mapplethorpe's works without making a stipulation as to what type of subject matter would be used. Mapplethorpe decided to make his famed debut of "sexually suggestive" photographs in Washington D.C., which was a new series that he had explored shortly before his death. The hierarchy of the Corcoran and even certain members of United States Congress were horrified when the works were revealed to them, thus the museum refused to go forth with the exhibit. It was at this time that Nesbitt stepped forward; he was a long time friend of Mapplethorpe and he revealed that he had a 1,500,000.00 USD bequest to the museum in his will, although, in public statemens that caused tremendous press regarding the issue Nesbitt promised that if the museum refused to host the exhibition of the controversial images created by Mapplethorpe he would revoke his bequest. The Corcoran refused and Lowell Nesbitt bequeathed the 1,500,000.00 USD to the Phillips Collection which he cited as an early inspiration to his career when he had worked there as a young man in the position of a night watchman.
[edit] Lowell Nesbitt owned by Museum & Government Collections (Partial Listing)
- American Embassies: Monrovia, Dar es Salaam, Tel Aviv, Sao Paulo
- The Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois
- Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center for the performing arts, New York, New York
- Baltimore Museum of Art, Maryland
- Butler Museum of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio
- Castel Gandolfo, Rome, Collection of the Vatican
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio
- Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
- Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, Texas
- Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit, Michigan
- Edwin A. Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita State University, Kansas
- Enviromental Protection Agency, Washington D.C.
- Federal Reserve Bank, Baltimore, Maryland
- Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, Virgina
- Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, Mass.
- Fort Worth Art Center, Texas
- Goucher College, Baltimore, Maryland
- Green Moutain County Museum, South Carolina
- The High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia
- Hirshorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C.
- Hunt Institute of Botanical Documentation, Canegie-Mellon University, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania
- International Monetary Fund, Washington D.C.
- Israel Museum, Jerusalem
- John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, Florida
- La Jolla Museum, La Jolla, California
- Library of Congress, Washington D.C.
- Loch Haven Art Center, Florida
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston
- Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, New York
- Milwaukee Art Center, Wisconsin
- Morris Museum of Arts and Sciences, Morristown, New Jersey
- Museum of Modern Art, New York
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington D.C.
- National Art Gallery, Washington D.C.
- National Collection of the Fine Arts: The Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.
- National Gallery of Art, Wellington, New Zealand
- New York City Center, New York
- Oberlin College, Ohio
- Oklahoma Art Center, Tulsa
- The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, New York
- Peter Ludwig Collection, Neue Galerie Der Stadt Aachen, Germany
- Philadelphia Museum of Art, Penn.
- Phillips Collection, Washington D.C.
- Plateau Beauborg Museum, Paris, France
- Renwick Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.
- Saginaw Art Museum, Saginaw, Michigan
- San Antonio Museum, Texas
- Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken, Goteborg, Sweden
- Temple University, Philadelphia, Penn.
- Thyssen Bormemisza Collection
- Tucson Museum of Art, Arizona
- Twelfth Naval District, Treasure Island Museum, San Francisco, CA
- United States Department of the Interior, Washington D.C.
- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland
- University of Virginia, Charlottesville
- Washington & Lee University, Lexington, Virginia
- Worcester Museum, Worcester, Mass.
- Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
[edit] Lowell Nesbitt Solo Exhibitions (Partial Selection)
- Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD, 1958
- Franz Bader Gallery, Washington D.C., 1963
- Corcoran Gallery of Art: Washington D.C., 1964
- Rolf Nelson Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., 1965
- Henri Gallery, Washington D.C., 1965
- Howard Wise Gallery, New York, NY, 1965
- Rolf Nelson Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, 1966
- Gertrude Kasle Gallery, Detroit, MI, 1966
- Henri Gallery, Washington D.C., 1967
- Gertrude Kasle Gallery, Detroit, MI, 1967
- Jefferson Gallery, San Diego, CA, 1967
- Louisiana Gallery, Houston, TX, 1967
- Stable Gallery, New York, NY, 1968
- Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD, 1969
- Henri Gallery, Washington D.C., 1969
- Gertrude Kasle Gallery, Detroit, MI, 1969
- Stable Gallery, New York, NY, 1969
- Galerie M.E. Thelen, Essen, Germany, 1969
- Galerie M.E. Thelen, Cologne, Germany, 1970
- Gertrude Kasle Gallery, Detroit, MI, 1970
- Stable Gallery, New York, NY, 1970
- Gimpel Fils, London, England, 1971
- Gimpel and Weitzenhoffer, New York, NY, 1971
- Gimpel and Weitzenhoffer, New York, NY, 1971
- Gertrude Kasle Gallery, Detroit, MI, 1971
- Lambert Studios, Los Angeles, CA, 1971
- Pyramid Gallery, Washington D.C., 1971
- Hansen Fuller Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 1972
- Galerie M.E. Thelen, Cologne, Germany, 1972
- Gimpel and Hanover Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland, 1972
- Fabian Carlson Galeries, Goteborg, Sweden, 1972
- Corcoran and Corcoran, Miami, FL, 1972
- Galerie Ostergren, Malmo, Sweden, 1972
- Gertrude Kasle Gallery, Detroit, MI, 1972
- Kunstverei, Frieburg, Germany, 1972
- Galerie Arneson, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1972
- Gerlerie Aronovitsch, Stockholm, Sweden, 1972
- The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., 1973
- Marian Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, 1973
- Galerie Arneson, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1973
- Gertrude Kasle Gallery, Detroit, MI, 1973
- Gimpel and Weitzenhoffer, New York, NY, 1973
- Galerie John Craven, Paris, France, 1973
- Gimpel Fils, London, England, 1973
- Hester Van Royen Gallery, London, England, 1973
- Stefanotty Gallery, New York, NY, 1973
- Gimpel Fils, London, England, 1974
- Stefanotty Gallery, New York, NY, 1974
- Galerie Arneson, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1974
- Booke Alexander, Inc., New York, NY, 1974
- Gertrude Kasle Gallery, Detroit, MI, 1974
- Fendrick Gallery, Washington D.C., 1974
- Galerie H.M., Brussels, Belgium, 1974
- Museo de Bellas Artes, San Juan, PR, 1974
- Walton Galleries, Inc., San Francisco, CA, 1974
- The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., 1975
- Pyramid Gallery, Washington D.C., 1975
- Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester, NY, 1975
- Pyramid Gallery, Washington D.C., 1975
- Andrew Crispo Gallery, New York, NY, 1975
- Josef Gallery, New York, NY, 1975
- Pace Gallery, New York, NY, 1975
- Andrew Crispo Gallery, New York, NY, 1976
- Gallerie H.M, Brussels, Belgium, 1976
- Hokin Gallery, Palm Beach, FL, 1976
- Hokin Gallery, Chicago, IL, 1976
- Hayden, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 1976
- Navy and Marine Corps Museum, Treasure Island, San Francisco, CA, 1976
- Graphis Gallery, Toronto, Canada, 1977
- Gumps Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 1977
- Andrew Crispo Gallery, New York, NY, 1977
- Edwin A. Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita KS, 1977
- Janus Gallery, Venice, CA, 1977
- Galeria Arte/Contacto, Caracas, Venezuela, 1977
- Galerie Jollen, Cologne, Germany, 1977
- Strong’s Gallery, Cleveland, OH, 1978
- Intown Club, Cleveland, OH, 1978
- Kent State University, Kent, OH, 1978
- Andrew Crispo Gallery, New York, NY, 1978
- B.R. Kornblatt Gallery, Baltimore, MD, 1978
- Art Contact, Miami, FL, 1978
- Andrew Crispo Gallery, New York, NY, 1979
- Selby Botanical Gardens, Museum of Botany and the Art's, Sarasota, FL, 1979
- Marion Koogler Mcnay Art Institute, San Antonio, TX, 1980
- Lyford Cay Fallery, Nassau, Bahamas, 1980
- Galerie Jerome, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1980
- Galeria Arte/Contacto, Caraca, Venezuela, 1980
- Profile Gallery, New York, NY, 1980
- The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT, 1980
- B.R. Kornblatt Gallery, Baltimore, MD, 1980
- Galerie Herder, Falsterbo, Sweden, 1980
- Hull Gallery, Washington D.C., 1980
- Hokin Gallery, Palm Beach, FL, 1981
- General Electric Gallery, Fairfield, CT, 1981
- Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA, 1981
- South West II Gallery, Dallas, TX, 1981
- Andrew Crispo Gallery, New York, NY, 1981
- Editions Inc, Houston TX, 1981
- Keny and Johnson Gallery, Columbus, OH, 1982
- Reinhard Onnasch Gallery, Berlin, Germany, 1982
- Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI, 1982
- Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH, 1982
- Art Gallery, Kilcawley Center, Youngstown State University, OH, 1982
- Andrew Crispo Gallery, New York, NY, 1982
- Editions Inc., Houston, TX, 1982
- Andrew Crispo Gallery, New York, NY, 1983
- Atlantic Center for the Art, New Smyrna Beach, FL, 1983
- Burpee Art Museum, Rockford, IL, 1983
- Greenwich Garden Center, CT, 1983
- Images Gallery, Toledo, OH, 1983
- Mansfield Art Center, OH, 1983
- Martin Lawrence Galleries, Los Angeles, CA, 1983
- Morris Museum of Art?s and Sciences, Morristown, NJ, 1983
- Oklahoma Art Center, Oklahoma City, OK, 1983
- Southwest Gallery, Dallas, TX, 1983
- Texan Ivy Fine Arts, Orlando, FL, 1983
- Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA, 1983
- Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Penn., 1983
- Gallery 24, Bay Harbor, FL, 1984
- Oklahoma Art Center, Oklahoma City, OK, 1984
- G. Sander Fine Art, Daytona Beach, FL, 1985
- Peri Renneth Gallery, Southampton, NY, 1985
- Tyler Alumni Gallery, Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, 1985
- Bourne Gallery, Surrey, England, 1985
- DiLaurenti Gallery, New York, NY, 1986
- Foster harmon Gallery, Sarasota, FL, 1986
- Images Gallery, Toledo, OH, 1986
- Tyler Gallery, Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, 1986
- Wally Findlay Galleries, Palm Beach, FL, 1986
- Joy Tash Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ, 1987
- Louis Newman Galleries, Beverly Hills, CA, 1987
- Peri Renneth Gallery, Southampton, NY, 1987
- DiLaurenti Gallery, New York, NY, 1988
- Joy Tash Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ, 1988
- Galerie 1900-2000, Paris, France, 1989
- Joy Tash Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ, 1989
- Ted Gallery, Albany, NY, 1989
- Tyler Gallery, Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, 1989
- Center for Cultural Arts, Gadsden, AL, 1989
[edit] Posthumous Exhibits
- "LOWELL NESBITT (1933-1993): A COMPREHENSIVE RETROSPECTIVE EXHIBIT," Eric I. Spoutz Gallery, Detroit, Michigan, 2003
- "Lowell Nesbitt-Paintings from the Seventies," Galerie Jöllenbeck, Cologne, Germany, 2004
[edit] Selected Books and Catalogues Featuring Lowell Nesbitt
- Flowers Facades and IBM Machines, Howard Wise Gallery, New York, New York, September/October 1965. Text by Henry Martin.
- Art 1965, New York Worlds Fair, New York, New York, 1965. Text by Brian O’Doherty, statement by artist.
- Interior Spaces, Howard Wise Gallery, New York, New York, 1966. Text by Bill Wilson.
- The Big Drawing, Graham Gallery, New York, New York, April/May 1969. Text by Barbara Kulicke.
- Aspects of New Realism, Milwaukee Art Center, June/August 1969. Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, September/October 1969; Akron Art Institute, November/December 1969. Text by John Lloyd Taylor.
- The New Painting, Praeger, New York 1969. Text by Kultermann, Udo.
- Lowell Nesbitt, Pyramid Gallery, Washington D.C.
- Lowell Nesbitt, Gallery Ostergren, Malmo, Sweden, January/February 1972. Text by Anders Bergh.
- Lowell Nesbitt, Gallery Fabian Carlson, Goteborg, Sweden, March/April 1972. Text by Anders Bergh.
- Lowell Nesbitt, Gimpel and Hanover Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland, May/June 1972. Text by Udo Kultermann.
- Lowell Nesbitt, Gallery Aronovitsch, Stockholm, Sweden, November 1972. Text by Anders Bergh.
- Radical Realism, Praeger, New York, 1972. Text by Udo Kultermann.
- Hypperealiste Americain, Galerie Des Quatre Movements, Paris, France 1972.
- Botanical Art and Illustration 1972-1973, The Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 1972.
- The Flowers Series 1964-1973, The Corcoran Gallery [Museum] of Art, Washington D.C., April/May 1973. Text by Henry T. Hopkins. Introduction by Roy Slade.
- Hyperrealisme, Paris, France, 1973. Text by Isy Brachot.
- Le Fleurs du Mal, Walton Galleries, San Francisco, California, June 1974. Text by John Pereault.
- Lowell Nesbitt, Museo de Bellas Artes de Puerto Rico, October 1974. Text by Roy Slade.
- Painting and Sculpture Today 1974, Contemporary Art Society of the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana 1974.
- Imagist Realism, Art Museum of the Palm Beach and the Norton Museum of Art, Palm Beach, Florida, December 1974/January 1975. Text by Richard Martin.
- Tokyo International Biennale, “New Image in Painting,” Tokyo, Japan 1974.
- The Present Situation of American Art. Text by John Perrault.
- Super Realism: A Critical Anthology, E.P. Dutton & Company, New York 1975. Text by Gregory Babcock.
- Lowell Nesbitt: An Autobiography, ACG, New York, New York, January 1976. Text by Andrew Crispo.
- American 1976: Bicentennial Exhibition, United States Department of the Interior, Washington D.C. 1976.
- Artists Cookbook, Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York, December 1977.
- Modedr med Kunstnere I Weekendavisen, Denmark 1977.
- Lowell Nesbitt: Still Lifes, Andrew Crispo Gallery, New York, New York, March 1978. Text by Andrew Crispo.
- Lowell Nesbitt, Art Contact, Miami, Florida 1978.
- Sneakers, Workman Publishing Company, New York, New York 1978. Text by Samuel Americus Walker.
- Lowell Nesbitt Flowers, 1964-1979, Andrew Crispo Gallery, New York, New York 1979. Text by Andrew Crispo.
- The Bicycle, Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Belgium 1977.
- Lowell Nesbitt: A Selection of Paintings and Drawings Since 1963. The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, Connecticut 1980. Text by Noel Frackman.
- Nesbitt’s Nesbitt’s, Marion Koogler Mcnay Art Institute, San Antonio, Texas 1980.
- New York Gallery Showcase, Oklahoma Art Center, Oklahoma City, 1981.
- Lowell Nesbitt, General Electric Gallery, General Electric Corporate Headquarters, Fairfield, Connecticut.
- Lowell Nesbitt- Works 1964-1971. Onnasch Gallery, Berlin, Germany 1982.
- Lowell Nesbitt, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio 1982.
- Lowell Nesbitt: An American Realist 1962-1983, Oklahoma Art Center, Oklahoma City 1983. Text by Noel Frackman.
- Reflections: New Conceptions of Nature, Hillwood Art Gallery, May/July 1984.
- Art Collection of the American Embassy Vienna, Austria 1984.
- Art Collection of the American Embassy Brussels, Belgium 1985.
- American Realism: 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, November/September 1987.
[edit] References & Sources
- [1] Lowell Nesbitt Repository, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.
- [2]"Lowell Nesbitt, a Realist Painter Of Flowers, Is Found Dead at 59," New York Times, Roberta Smith, July 10, 1993
- [3] “Corcoran Head Talks About Her Quitting,” New York Times, Susan F. Rasky, December 20th, 1989
- [4] “Artists Divided On Corcoran Apology,” New York Times, Barbara Gamarekian, September 20th, 1989
- [5] “'Tragedy of Errors' Engulfs the Corcoran,” New York Times, Barbara Gamarekian, September 18th, 1989
- [6], “STYLE; ON THE DAY AFTER, SOME EVES TO REMEMBER,” New York Times, Enid Nemy, January 1st, 1983
- [7] “Art; EARTH SCULPTURE INSPIRED BY INDIAN CEREMONIES,” New York Times, John Caldwell, November 22nd, 1981
- [8] “ART A 'Disturbing' Show of Works by Nesbitt,” New York Times, John Caldwell, November 16th, 198-0
- [9] “The Kennedys (Well, Some of Them) Boost a Benefit,” New York Times, Anne-Marie Schiro, June 8th, 1978
- [10] “Home Beat; Tale of a Quilt Nesbitt at Bloomie's,” New York Times, Jane Geniesse, June 1st, 1978
- [11] “Art: Lowell Nesbitt Tends His Garden,” New York Times, Vivien Raynor, March 24th, 1978
- [12] “The Art World Turns to Original Prints as Tax Shelters; Other Uses Involved 'Form of Deferral' Little Cash Down Flood Called Possible Opinions Vary,” New York Times, Grace Glueck, February 5th, 1978
- [13] “Studio in a Stable; Studio in a Stable: A Pool and a Trapeze,” New York Times, Joan Kron, May 19th, 1977
- [14] “Drawings by Nesbitt, a Retrospective,” New York Times, Hilton Kramer, November 6th, 1971
- [15] “Lowell Nesbitt's Photographic Approach; Artist Pays Homage to Jack Mitchell,” New York Times, Hilton Kramer, March 14th, 1970
- [16] “Ian Hornak, 58, Whose Paintings Were Known for Hyper-Real Look,” New York Times, Ken Johnson, December 30th, 2002
- [17] Ian Hornak Repository, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.
- [18], “Lowell Nesbitt,” Washington Post, July 10th, 1993
- [19] “Corcoran Cut From Painter's Will; Lowell Nesbitt's Mapplethorpe Protest,” Washington Post, Judd Tully, September 6th, 1989
- [20] “Into the Depths: Exploring the Grottoes and Flora of Lowell Nesbitt,” Washington Post, Meryle Secrest, March 22nd, 1975
- [21] “Lowell Nesbitt's Flowers At the Corcoran Ball,” Washington Post, April 8th, 1973
- [22] “Ex-D.C. Artist Specializes in Photo-Like Studio Paintings,” Washington Post, Paul Richard Washington, October 1st, 1967
- [23], "Lowell Nesbitt (1933-1993): A Comprehensive Retrospective," Absolute Arts, September, 12th, 2003
