Stable Gallery, New York, Rauschenberg: Paintings and Sculpture, September 15–October 3, 1953. 

Cage, John. “On Robert Rauschenberg, Artist, and His Work.” Metro (Milan), no. 2 (1961). p. 36 (fig. 2)

Feinstein, Roni. “The Early Work of Robert Rauschenberg: The White Paintings, the Black Paintings, and the Elemental Sculptures.” Arts Magazine (New York) 61, no. 1 (September 1986). p. 31 (ill. [install])

Feinstein, Roni. “Random Order: The First Fifteen Years of Robert Rauschenberg’s Art, 1949–1964.” PhD diss., New York University, 1990. ProQuest (303859753). n.p. (fig. 28 [install])

Hopps, Walter. Robert Rauschenberg: The Early 1950s. Houston: Menil Collection; Houston Fine Art Press, 1991. Exhibition catalogue. pp. 151 (fig. 44 [detail]), 152 (fig. 45 [detail]), 153–54, 155 (fig. 46 [install]), 182, 183 (pl. 110), as Untitled [large black painting] (not exhibited)

Celant, Germano, ed. Roma–New York, 1948–1964: An Art Exploration. Milan: Charta, 1993. Exhibition catalogue. p. 21 (ill.), as Untitled [large black painting] (not exhibited)

Molesworth, Helen. “Before Bed.” October, no. 63 (Winter 1993). p. 68 (ill.), as Untitled (Black Painting)

Rosenthal, Stephanie. Black Paintings. Translated by Büro Sieveking. Munich: Haus der Kunst; Ostfildern, Germany: Hatje Cantz, 2006. Exhibition catalogue. no. 23, pp. 27–28 (pl. 23) (not exhibited)

Dickerman, Leah, and Achim Borchardt-Hume. Robert Rauschenberg. New York: Museum of Modern Art; London: Tate Publishing, 2016. Exhibition catalogue. pp. 88–89 (ill. [install]), as Untitled (Black Painting) (not exhibited)