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Arshile Gorky Catalogue Raisonné

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Provenance
The artist
Dr. Harry Weiss, New York, gift of the artist (after February 1946; by July 1948)
Ann Dunnigan Weiss, New York, by descent (1955)
Allan Stone Gallery, New York (December 1983)
Heinz Eppler, New Jersey (January 3, 1984)
[Christie's, New York, Post-War and Contemporary Art: Evening Sale, November 15, 2017, lot 27B]
Private collection (November 15, 2017)
Exhibitions
1944–45 CE–MoMA
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Department of Circulating Exhibitions (organizer), Twelve Contemporary Painters, 1944–45, as "Composition I," lent by the artist. Traveled to: Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, February 3–24, 1944; Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York, March 4–25, 1944; Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York, April 3–24, 1944; College of Fine Arts, University of Texas at Austin, May 8–29, 1944; Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, June 11–July 2, 1944; San Francisco Museum of Art, July 19–August 15, 1944; University of Oregon, Eugene, October 6–27, 1944; Pomona College, Claremont, California, November 10–December 1, 1944; Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe, January 19–February 9, 1945; Society of Liberal Arts, Joslyn Memorial Museum, Omaha, February 23–March 16, 1945; Hamline University, St. Paul, Minnesota, March 26–April 16, 1945; Wayne University, Detroit, April 26–May 17, 1945.
1962–63b New York
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Arshile Gorky, 1904–1948, December 19, 1962–February 12, 1963. (Exhibition catalogue: Seitz 1962), no. 50, p. 54, as "Composition I". Traveled to: Washington Gallery of Modern Art, D.C., March 12–April 14, 1963.
1969e New York
M. Knoedler & Co. Inc, New York, Gorky: Drawings, November 25–December 27, 1969. (Exhibition catalogue: Jordan 1969), no. 63, ill. in b/w, p. 34; p. 58, as "Composition I".
1981–82 New York
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Arshile Gorky 1904–1948: A Retrospective, April 24–July 19, 1981, no. 136, ill. in color, p. 168, as "Composition I". Traveled to: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, September 12–November 6, 1981; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, December 3, 1981–February 28, 1982.
1986 Cleveland
Cleveland Museum of Art, The Art of Collecting Modern Art, February 12–March 30, 1986, ill. in color, fig. 16, as "Composition I".
2003–04b New York
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, Arshile Gorky: A Retrospective of Drawings, November 20, 2003–February 15, 2004, no. 71, ill. in color, p. 137; p. 243, as "Composition I," [exhibited in New York only]. Traveled to: Menil Collection, Houston, March 5–May 9, 2004.
Literature
Levy 1966
Levy, Julien. Arshile Gorky. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1966. Monograph, pl. 111, ill. in color, p. 135, as "Composition I," dated 1943.
Jordan 1976
Jordan, Jim. M. "Arshile Gorky at Crooked Run Farm." Arts Magazine (New York) 50, no. 7 (March 1976), discussed pp. 102, 103 fn20, as "Composition I".
Waldman 1981
Waldman, Diane. "Arshile Gorky: Poet in Paint." In Arshile Gorky 1904–1948: A Retrospective. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc. in collaboration with The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, 1981. Exhibition catalogue, discussed p. 53, as "Composition I".
Lader 1985
Lader, Melvin P. Arshile Gorky. New York: Abbeville Press, 1985. Monograph, fig. 78, ill. in b/w, p. 82, as "Composition I".
Spender 1990a
Spender, Matthew. "Origines et développement de l'oeuvre dessiné de Arshile Gorky / Quellen und Entwicklung von Arshile Gorkys zeichnerischem Werk." In Arshile Gorky: Œuvres sur Papier, 1929–1947 / Arbeiten auf Papier, 1929–1947, edited by Erika Billeter. Lausanne: Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts, 1990. Exhibition catalogue, fig. 16, ill. in b/w, p. 32, as "Composition I".
Beredjiklian 2007
Beredjiklian, Alexandre. Arshile Gorky: sept thèmes majeurs. Suresnes, France: Alphamédian & Johanet; Lisbon: Fondation Calouste Gulbenkian, 2007. Monograph, discussed p. 49, as "Composition I".
Notes
Watermark / Stamp: Arches
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