Provenance:
The Artist
Mrs. John P. Marquand, New York and Newburyport, Massachusetts, acquired from the Artist, May 10, 1946
Thence by descent
Henry Adams Fine Art, Chicago
Acquired from the above by the present owners, April 15, 2006

Exhibited:
New York, Associated American Galleries, First Exhibition––Paintings, Gertrude Abercrombie, January 24 - February 6, 1946, no. 31
Elmhurst, Illinois, Elmhurst Art Museum, Gertrude Abercrombie: Portrait of the Artist as a Landscape, January 20 - March 4, 2018 (also travelled to Springfield, Illinois State Museum, March 23 - June 15, 2018) (as Untitled (Blue Screen, Black Cat, Print of Same))
New York, Karma, Gertrude Abercrombie, August 9 - September 23, 2018 (as Untitled (Blue Screen, Black Cat, Print of Same))

Literature:
Robert Storr, Susan Weininger, Robert Cozzolino, Dinah Livingston, Studs Terkel, Gertrude Abercrombie, New York, 2018, pp. 241; 483, illus. (as Untitled (Blue Screen, Black Cat, Print of Same))