[Still lifes of edible subjects from the collection of William H. Gerdts, on occasion of publication of cookbook by William and Lois Katzenbach], Board Room, American Federation of the Arts, New York, c. 1965, no catalogue, label no. 39.

Mid-Nineteenth Century American Painting from the Collections of Henry M. Fuller and William H. Gerdts, Cummer Gallery of Art, Jacksonville, 1966, no. 34.

The American Vision, Publicataion Education Association, New York, 1968, no. 39.

150 Years of American Still-Life Painting. An Exhibition for the Benefit of The Kips Bay Boys' Club, Coe Kerr Gallery, Inc., New York, 1970, no. 23, repro.

American Cornucopia: 19th Century Still Lifes and Studies, The Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, 1976, no. 30, repro.

Painters of the Humble Truth: Masterpieces of American Still Life, 1801 – 1939, Philbrook Art Center, Tulsa; Oakland Art Museum; Baltimore Museum of Art; National Academy of Design, New York, 1981-82, no. 5.18.

Nature Transcribed: The Landscapes and Still Lifes of David Johnson (1827-1908), Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Ithaca; The Art Gallery, University of Maryland, College Park; Georgia Museum of Art, Athens; National Academy of Design, New York, 1988-1989, no. 6, repro. (shown only in Ithaca and New York City).

For Beauty and For Truth: The William and Abigail Gerdts Collection of American Still Life, Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, Massachusetts; Berry-Hill Galleries, New York, 1998, unnumbered catalogue, color pl. 1, repro. 71.

Gerdts, William H., and Russell Burke. American Still-Life Painting. New York, 1971: 105, fig. 7-1.

Baur, John I.H. "'...the exact brushwork of Mr. David Johnson.' An American Landscape Painter, 1827-1908." The American Art Journal 12, no. 4 (Autumn 1980): 43, 44 n. 7.

Gerdts, William H. Painters of the Humble Truth: Masterpieces of American Still Life 1801-1939. Columbia, 1981: 106-107, fig. 5.18.