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Provenance
The artist
Julien Levy Gallery, New York (1947)
Estate of Arshile Gorky, by transfer (1948)
[Julien Levy Gallery, New York (1948)]
Leo Castelli, New York (by September 1948)
[Sidney Janis Gallery, New York (by September 1955)]
Leo Castelli, New York (after October 1955)
Judy and Ben Heller, New York, by exchange (November 6, 1956)
Museum of Modern Art, New York (March 11, 1969)
Exhibitions
1951a New York
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, Arshile Gorky Memorial Exhibition, January 5–February 18, 1951, no. 94, p. 48 (exhibited in New York only). Traveled to: Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, March 4–April 22, 1951; San Francisco Museum of Art, California, May 9–July 9, 1951.1955c New York
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, Drawings for Principal Paintings by Gorky, September 26–October 22, 1955, no. 29, as "Summation".1961–62 CE–MoMA
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Department of Circulating Exhibitions (organizer), The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Heller, 1961–62, ill. in b/w, as "Summation". Traveled to: Art Institute of Chicago, September 22–October 22, 1961; Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, January 22–February 25, 1962; Cleveland Museum of Art, March 13–April 10, 1962; California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, April 30–June 3, 1962; Portland Art Museum, Oregon, June 15–July 22, 1962; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, September 5–October 14, 1962.1962–63b New York
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Arshile Gorky, 1904–1948, December 19, 1962–February 12, 1963. (Exhibition catalogue: Seitz 1962), no. 93, ill. in b/w, p. 39; p. 55, as "Summation". Traveled to: Washington Gallery of Modern Art, D.C., March 12–April 14, 1963.1963a New York
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 26 Artists from Museums and Friends Collections, July 16–September 8, 1963, as "Summation".1969b New York
Museum of Modern Art, New York, The New American Painting and Sculpture: The First Generation, June 18–October 5, 1969, no. 24, as "Summation".1969e New York
M. Knoedler & Co. Inc, New York, Gorky: Drawings, November 25–December 27, 1969. (Exhibition catalogue: Jordan 1969), no. 106, ill. in b/w, p. 43; p. 60, as "Summation".1972b New York
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Drawn in America, March 1–May 29, 1972, no. 12, as "Summation".1981–82 New York
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Arshile Gorky 1904–1948: A Retrospective, April 24–July 19, 1981, no. 247, ill. in b/w, p. 251, as "Summation". Traveled to: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, September 12–November 6, 1981; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, December 3, 1981–February 28, 1982.1983–84 New York
Museum of Modern Art, New York, The Modern Drawing: 100 Works on Paper from the Museum of Modern Art, October 29, 1983–January 3, 1984, discussed p. 184; ill. in color, p. 185, as "Summation".1998–99a New York
Museum of Modern Art, New York, The New York School, September 17, 1998–January 12, 1999.2003–04b New York
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, Arshile Gorky: A Retrospective of Drawings, November 20, 2003–February 15, 2004, no. 140, ill. in color, p. 241; p. 245, as "Summation," [exhibited in New York only]. Traveled to: Menil Collection, Houston, March 5–May 9, 2004.Literature
Greenberg 1948b
Greenberg, Clement. "Art." The Nation (New York) 166 (March 20, 1948), discussed p. 332, as "an enormous drawing".Kramer 1955
Kramer, Hilton. "Month in Review: Drawings from Gorky's Last Years." Arts Magazine (New York) 30 (October 1955), discussed p. 48, as "Summation".Sidney Janis Gallery 1957
33 Paintings by Arshile Gorky. New York: Sidney Janis Gallery, 1957. Exhibition catalogue (1957f New York), no. 37, ill. in b/w (in situ), as "Gallery View, Gorky Exhibition, September 1955".Friedman 1958
Friedman, B.H. "The New Collector: Three Typical Collections." Art in America (New York) 46, no. 2 (Summer 1958), discussed, pp. 18–19; ill. in b/w, p. 19, as "Summation".Levy 1966
Levy, Julien. Arshile Gorky. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1966. Monograph, pl. 146, ill. in color, p. 170, as "Summation".Museum of Modern Art 1972
Three Generations of Twentieth-Century Art: The Sidney and Harriet Janis Collection of the Museum of Modern Art. New York: The Museum of Modern Art; distributed by the New York Graphic Society, Greenwich, CT, 1972, ill. in b/w, p. 185, as "Summation".Kagitani 1976
Kagitani, Y. "Arshile Gorky: A Man Who Lived in the Middle of Solitude." Mizue (みづゑ) (Tokyo) 9, no. 858 (September 1976), ill. in b/w, p. 33.Rathbone 1978
Rathbone, Eliza E. "Arshile Gorky: The Plow and the Song." In American Art at Mid-Century: The Subjects of the Artist. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 1978. Exhibition catalogue, fig. 18, ill. in b/w, p. 71, as "Summation".Suenaga 1979
Suenaga, Terukazu. "Mirror of Memory: Gorky's Cruel Change." Mizue (みづゑ) (Tokyo) 9, no. 894 (September 1979), ill. in b/w, p. 44.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. 59, as "Summation".Millard 1982
Millard, Charles W. "Arshile Gorky." The Hudson Review (New York) 35, no. 1 (Spring 1982), discussed, pp. 110–111.Lader 1985
Lader, Melvin P. Arshile Gorky. New York: Abbeville Press, 1985. Monograph, fig. 102, ill. in color, p. 101, as "Summation".Corrin 1990
Corrin, Lisa. "Toward Armenia: Notes of a Journey." In Arshile Gorky: 1904–1948. London: Whitechapel Art Gallery, 1990. Exhibition catalogue, fig. 1, ill. in b/w, p. 180, as "Summation".Anfam 1990a
Anfam, David. Abstract Expressionism. New York: Thames & Hudson, 1990, discussed p. 118, as "Summation".Chan 1998
Chan, Mary. "Drawings of the New York School." MoMA (New York) 1 (November–December 1998), discussed p.13, as "Summation".Museum of Modern Art 1999
MoMA Highlights: 325 Works from the Museum of Modern Art New York. New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1999, ill. in color, p. 188, as "Summation".Karmel 2002
Karmel, Pepe. "Arshile Gorky: Anatomical Blackboard." Master Drawings (New York) 40 (2002), fig. 11, ill. in color, pp. 18–19; ill. in color (detail), front and back covers, as "Summation".Anfam 2004
Anfam, David. "Arshile Gorky: New York and Houston." The Burlington Magazine (London) 146 (March 2004), fig. 79, ill. in color, p. 205, as "Summation".Museum of Modern Art 2004
MoMA Highlights: 350 Works from the Museum of Modern Art, New York. New York: Museum of Modern Art, 2004, ill. in color, p. 188, as "Summation".Princenthal 2004
Princenthal, Nancy. "Line Readings: Arshile Gorky's Line Drawings." Art in America (New York) 92 (May 2004), ill. in color, pp. 138–39, as "Summation".Beredjiklian 2007
Beredjiklian, Alexandre. Arshile Gorky: sept thèmes majeurs. Suresnes, France: Alphamédian & Johanet; Lisbon: Fondation Calouste Gulbenkian, 2007. Monograph, discussed pp. 71, 72, as "Capitulation".Mattison 2009
Matttison, Robert S. Arshile Gorky: Works and Writings. Barcelona: Ediciones Polígrafica, 2009. Monograph, ill. in color, p. 133, as "Summation".Theriault 2009a
Theriault, Kim S. Rethinking Arshile Gorky. University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2009. Monograph, pl. 12, ill. in color, as "Summation".Anfam 2010
Anfam, David. "Metamorphoses." In Arshile Gorky: Virginia Summer 1946. London: Gagosian Gallery, 2010. Exhibition catalogue, fig. 1, ill. in color, p. 6, as "Summation".Gale 2010
Gale, Matthew. Arshile Gorky: Enigma and Nostalgia. London: Tate Publishing, 2010. Exhibition catalogue (2009–10 Philadelphia), no. 46, ill. in color, p. 84, as "Summation".
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