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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)
David Anderson Gallery, New York (by February 1962)
[Everett Ellin Gallery, Los Angeles (by April 1962)]
David Anderson Gallery, New York (after May 1962) . . .
Noah Goldowsky Gallery, New York (by 1973)
Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago (January 1973)
[Washburn Gallery, New York (May 14, 1987)]
Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago (by 1988)
Acquavella Galleries Inc., New York (April 27, 1988)
[Beth Urdang Fine Art, Chicago (February 1, 1991)]
[Christie's, New York, Contemporary Art (Part II), May 4, 1994, lot 106; bought in]
Acquavella Galleries Inc., New York
Gagosian Gallery, New York (February 2001)
[Phillips, New York, 20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session, May 16, 2023, lot 212]
Present whereabouts unknown
Exhibitions
1962a New York
David Anderson Gallery, New York, Arshile Gorky: Drawings: 1929 to 1934, February 3–March 1, 1962, ill. in b/w, as "ink and chalk forms".1962a Los Angeles
Everett Ellin Gallery, Los Angeles, Arshile Gorky: Forty Drawings from the Period 1929 thru 1947, April 9–May 5, 1962, no. 6, ill. in b/w, as "Ink and Chalk Forms," dated c. 1932.1974 Milwaukee likely
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Arshile Gorky: Drawings and Paintings, April 29–May 10, 1974, as "Study for Nighttime, Enigma, and Nostalgia".1974b Chicago
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, [unknown title], September 1974.1975 Chicago
Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago, Modern Masters: A Selection, November 21–December 31, 1975, ill. in b/w, as "Study for Nighttime, Enigma and Nostalgia".1984 Chicago
Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago, Modern and Contemporary Masters: Paintings, Sculpture and Drawings, February 11–March 24, 1984, no. 35, ill. in b/w, as "Study for Nighttime, Enigma and Nostalgia".1988b New York
Acquavella Galleries, New York, XIX & XX Century Master Drawings and Watercolors, April 26–May 26, 1988, no. 14, ill. in b/w, p. 35 (upside down), as "Study for Nighttime, Enigma, Nostalgia".1991a Chicago
Beth Urdang Fine Art, Chicago, Biomorphic and Surreal: 1930–1960, February 15–March 20, 1991, no. 7, as "Study for Nighttime, Enigman, Nostalgia".1991d New York
Anthony Ralph Gallery, New York, Modern Drawings, October–November 1991, no. 33.1997 Seattle
Meyerson & Nowinski Art Associates, Seattle, Arshile Gorky: Two Decades, February 13–April 20, 1997.2004 London
Gagosian Gallery, London, Drawings, January 29–April 17, 2004, ill. in color, p. 38 (upside down), as "Study for Nighttime, Enigma and Nostalgia".Literature
Seldis 1962b
Seldis, Henry J. "In the Galleries: Show Traces Gorky's Stylistic Development." Los Angeles Times, April 13, 1962, discussed p. 5, as "Ink and Chalk Forms".Notes
Watermark / Stamp: Michallet
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