Books and catalogues:
Art Now: NY Gallery Guide, Cover Illustration and write-up, September 1991.
Arthur, John. Realist Drawings and Watercolors: Contemporary Works on Paper. Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1980.
Berkson, Bill, ed. In Memory of My Feelings: A Selection of Poems by Frank O’Hara. New York City: The Museum of Modern Art, 1967.
Berkson, Bill, and Joe Le Suer, eds. Homage to Frank O’Hara. Bolinas, California: Big Sky, 1978.
Cohan Zara. John Button: An American Painter. Union, New Jersey: Kean College, 1984.
Downes, Rackstraw. Fairfield Porter: Art In its Own Terms: Selected Criticism 1935 - 1975. New York City: Taplinger Publishing Co., 1979.
Goodyear, Jr., Frank H. Contemporary American Realism Since 1960. Boston and Philadelphia: New York Graphic Society and Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 1981.
Gussow, Alan. A Sense of Place: The Artists and the American Land. San Francisco: Friends of the Earth, 1971.
Martin, Alvin. American Realism: Twentieth Century Drawings and Watercolors from the Glenn C. Janss Collection. New York City and San Francisco: Harry N. Abrams and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1985.
Pisano, Ronald. Long Island Landscape Painting in the Twentieth Century. Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1990.
Rosenblum, Robert. Modern Painting and the Northern Romantic Tradition: Friedrich to Rothko. New York City: Harper and Row, 1975.
Severinghaus, Walter J., ed. Art at Work: The Chase Manhattan Collection. New York City: E.P. Dutton, Inc., 1984.
Periodicals:
Ashbery, John. “1976 and All That.” New York Magazine, April 3, 1978.
Ashton, Dore. “What About the Human Figure?” The Studio 164 (Aug. 1982) : 68 - 71.
Berkson, Bill. “Art Chronicle.” Kulchur 2 (Autumn 1962) : 38 - 39.
Berkson, Bill.“Reviews and Previews: John Button.” ArtNews 61 (Feb. 1963) : 48.
Berkson, Bill. “Ambasador of Light.” Art in America Nov. 1989 : 170 - 175.
Brenson, Michael. “John Button Dies; Cityscape Painter.” The New York Times, Dec. 15, 1982; D19.
Burton, Scott. “John Button.” Art and Literature 11 (Winter 1967) : 69 - 81.
Burton, Scott. “Reviews and Previews: John Button.” ArtNews 67 (Oct. 1968) : 8 - 9.
Campbell, Lawrence. “Reviews and Previews: John Button.” ArtNews 69 (Dec. 1970) : 12.
Corn, Alfred. “John Button at Fischbach.” ArtNews, Nov. 1991.
Cotter, Holland. “Waking up to Dormant Gay Imagery.” The New York Times, Aug. 25, 1995.
Davis, James. “Hard Shapes, Simple Themes Highlight Button’s Exhibition.” The Swarthmore College Phoenix 90/3 (Oct. 3, 1969).
Derfner, Phyllis. “New York.” Art International 18 (Jan. 1974) : 19 - 20.
Dlugos, Tim. “Figure into Fantasy: The Erotic in John Button’s Drawings of Male Nudes.” ACM The
Journal of the Artist’s Choice Museum 4/20 (Spg.-Sum. 1985) : 20 - 21.
Dlugos, Tim. “John Button and Romantic Reality.” Arts 50 (Nov. 1975) : 92 - 94.
Dlugos, Tim. “Reviews: John Button.” Arts 51 (Sept. 1976) : 72
Frank, Peter. “New York Reviews: John Button.” ArtNews 77 (Sept. 1978) : 174.
Glueck, Grace. “John Button.” The New York Times April 6, 1984.
Gruen, John. “Friday Tour of Art: John Button.” World Journal Tribune. April 4, 1967.
Gruen, John.“Art in New York: John Button.” New York Magazine Oct. 11, 1968.
Henry, Gerrit. “Reviews and Preview: John Button.” ArtNews 71 (Sum. 1972): 14 - 15.
Henry, Gerrit.“Painterly Realism and the Modern Landscape.” Art in America 69 (Sept. 1981) : 112 - 119.
Henry, Gerrit.“John Button at Fischbach.” Art in America 74 (Dec. 1986) : 136 - 137.
Hughes, Robert. “Face of the Land.” Time July 5, 1976: 78 - 80.
Kozloff, Max. “New York Letter.” Art International 6 (Sept. 1962) : 36.
Kramer, Hilton. “John Button.” The New York Times April 8, 1967.
Kramer, Hilton.“Poetry Drawn from the Ordinary.” The New York Times Sept. 28, 1968.
Kramer, Hilton.“An Art of Conservation.” The New York Times Feb. 9, 1969.
Kramer, Hilton. “Art: Landscapes of Button and Cohen.” The New York Times March , 1970.
Kuspit, Donald B., ed. “New York Today: Some Artists Comment.” Art in America 65 (Sept. 1977) : 78 - 85.
Larson, Day. “Painting and the Public Lands.” ArtNews 75 (Jan. 1976) : 32 - 36.
Little, Carl. “The Brooklyn Bridge.” Arts 57 (June 1983) : 7.
Long, Robert. “Drawings are the Highlights of New Parrish Exhibit.” Southampton Press Oct. 11, 1990.
Lubell, Ellen. “Reviews: John Button.” Arts 46 (Summer 1972) : 60 - 61.
Nemser, Cindy. “The Male Nude Arrives at Last.” Changes (July 1972) : 14 - 15.
Perl, Jed. “The Vertical Landscape: In the Redwood Forest Dense.” Art in America 64 (Jan. 1976) : 59 - 63.
Petersen, Valerie. “U.S. Figure Painting: Continuity and Cliché.” ArtNews 61 (Summer 1962) : 36-38+.
Raynor. Vivien. “Lois Dodd—John Button.” The New York Times, April 7, 1978.
Raynor. Vivien.“Art: Drawings by 77, from 1900 to the Present.” The New York Times, Aug. 10, 1984.
Raynor. Vivien.“John Button.” The New York Times, Sept. 26, 1986.
Raynor. Vivien.“Realist Finds ‘Bright Clear Sadness’ in Skies and Shadows.” The New York Times, March 25, 1990.
Romagnoli, Robert. “John Button: New York from Aloft.” Strata (School of Visual Arts) 15 (1975).
Rosenblum, Robert. “Painting American First.” Art in America (Jan. 1976) : 82 - 85.
Russell, John. “The Many Faces of Naturalism.” The New York Times, August 10, 1980.
Russell, John.“John Button’s New York.” The New York Times, Sept. 20, 1991.
Sandler, Shirley. “John Button.” SVA Alumni Journal 1983 (1983) : 16 - 17.
Saslow, James M. “Obituary.” The Advocate Issue 362 (March 3, 1983).
Schuyler, James. “Reviews and Previews: Three Painters.” ArtNews 55 (October 1956) : 8.
Schuyler, James. “Review of Exhibitions: John Button at Kornblee.” Art in America 63 (Sept. 1975) : 100 - 101.
Shirey, David L. “Male Nudes in Art Shown.” The New York Times, December 2, 1973.
Tillim, Sidney. “Month in Review.” Arts 37 (April 1963) : 46 - 49.
Wasserman, Emily. “New York.” Artforum 7 (Dec. 1968) : 59.
Weaver, Helen. “Button in New York City.” Woodstock Times, Nov. 21, 1973.
Welish, Marjorie. “Reviews: John Button and Lois Dodd at Fischbach.” Art in America 66 (Sept. 1978) : 128.
Yourgrau, Barry. “John Button.” Arts 55 (Dept. 1980) : 35.
Film:
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, "On Art and Artists" Series
John Button; and Interview by Robert Storr
Produced by the founders of the Video Data Bank Lyn Blumenthal and Kate Horsfield 1978, 16 minutes
Presently being remastered and transferred to DVD (more info)
For more detailed information please see the following sites and collections for extensive information about the artist:
New York Times Art in Review, September 1991, John Russell
Archives of American Art - Smithsonian - Washington, D.C.
New York Public Library - Berg Collection
Mandeville Collection - University of California, San Diego
Currier Museum - New Hampshire
Parrish Art Museum, East End Stories