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Provenance
The artist
[Likely Boyer Galleries, Philadelphia (September 1935)] . . .
George Siegel, New York (possibly after November 1936)
Martha Jackson Gallery, New York (September 14, 1959)
Richard S. Zeisler, New York (August 1, 1962)
Museum of Modern Art, New York, by gift (February 8, 1966)
Exhibitions
1935–36a New York possibly
Guild Art Gallery, New York, Abstract Drawings by Arshile Gorky, December 16, 1935–January 5, 1936.1962a New York
David Anderson Gallery, New York, Arshile Gorky: Drawings: 1929 to 1934, February 3–March 1, 1962, ill. in b/w, as "abstract pencil drawing".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. 20, ill. in b/w, p. 20, as "Drawing"; p. 53, as "Drawing (Nighttime, Enigma and Nostalgia)". Traveled to: Washington Gallery of Modern Art, D.C., March 12–April 14, 1963.1969 College Park
J. Millard Tawes Fine Arts Center, University of Maryland Art Department and Art Gallery, College Park, The Drawings of Arshile Gorky, March 20–April 27, 1969. (Exhibition catalogue: Joyner 1969), no. 7 (Drawings, Sketches, Gouaches), p. 53; fig. 18, ill. in b/w, p. 35, as "Nighttime, Enigma and Nostalgia".1969 Saratoga Springs
Hathorn Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York, The Drawings of Arshile Gorky, October 21–November 9, 1969, no. 11, as "Study for Nighttime, Enigma and Nostalgia".1969e New York
M. Knoedler & Co. Inc, New York, Gorky: Drawings, November 25–December 27, 1969. (Exhibition catalogue: Jordan 1969), no. 19, ill. in b/w, p. 23; p. 56, as "Study for Nighttime, Enigma and Nostalgia".1977 Claremont
Montgomery Art Gallery, Pomona College, Claremont, California, Works on Paper 1900–1960 from California Collections, September 18–October 27, 1977, fig. 5, ill. in b/w, p. 39, as "Study for Nighttime, Enigma and Nostalgia" (not exhibited). Traveled to: M.H. de Young Museum, San Francisco, November 11–December 31, 1977.1981–82 New York
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Arshile Gorky 1904–1948: A Retrospective, April 24–July 19, 1981, no. 36, ill. in b/w, p. 91, as "Study for Nighttime, Enigma and Nostalgia," dated c. 1931–32. Traveled to: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, September 12–November 6, 1981; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, December 3, 1981–February 28, 1982.2003–04b New York
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, Arshile Gorky: A Retrospective of Drawings, November 20, 2003–February 15, 2004, no. 9, ill. in color, p. 33; p. 242, as "Study for Nighttime, Enigma and Nostalgia". 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. 62, ill. in b/w, p. 86; ill., cover, as "Drawing for Nighttime, Enigma, and Nostalgia".Rubin 1968
Rubin, William S. Dada and Surrealist Art. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1968, ill. in b/w, p. 393.Karp 1976
Karp, Diane. "Arshile Gorky's Iconography." Arts Magazine (New York) 50, no. 7 (March 1976), ill. in b/w, p. 82, as "Drawing for Nighttime, Enigma, and Nostalgia" (1931–32).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. 28, p. 29, as "Study for Nighttime, Enigma and Nostalgia".Karp 1982
Karp, Diane. "Arshile Gorky: The Language of Art." Ph.D. diss., University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1982, fig. 27, ill. in b/w, p. 195, as "Study for Nighttime, Enigma and Nostalgia".Lader 1985
Lader, Melvin P. Arshile Gorky. New York: Abbeville Press, 1985. Monograph, fig. 40, ill. in b/w, p. 48, as "Study for Nighttime, Enigma and Nostalgia".Lader et al 1994
Lader, Melvin P., Joseph P. Ruzicka, Martin Kline, and Sarah E. Lawrence. "Catalogue [of Plates]." In Arshile Gorky and the Genesis of Abstraction: Drawings from the Early 1930s. New York: Stephen Mazoh & Co., Inc., Distributed by the University of Washington Press, Seattle and London, 1994. Exhibition catalogue, fig. 18, ill. in b/w, p. 56, as "Study for Nighttime, Enigma and Nostalgia".Akiskal and Akiskal 1996
Akiskal, Kareen K., and Hagop S. Akiskal. "Abstract Expressionism as Psychobiography: The Life and Suicide of Arshile Gorky." In Depression and the Spiritual in Modern Art: Homage to Miró, Schildkraut, Joseph J. and Aurora Otero, eds. Chichester (U.K.) and New York: John Wiley, 1996, fig. 19–5, ill. in b/w, p. 230, as "Study for Nighttime, Enigma and Nostalgia".Karmel 2002
Karmel, Pepe. "Arshile Gorky: Anatomical Blackboard." Master Drawings (New York) 40 (2002), fig. 1, ill. in b/w, p. 9, as "Nighttime, Enigma and Nostalgia".Brown 2020
Brown, Marilyn R. "Life and Art." In Alice Trumbull Mason: Pioneer of American Abstraction, edited by Elisa Wouk Almino. New York: Rizzoli Electa, 2020, ill. in color, p. 17, as "Study for Nighttime, Enigma and Nostalgia".Notes
Watermark / Stamp: Strathmore
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