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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)
Private collection, Montclair, New Jersey (February 5, 1970)
[Andrew Crispo Gallery, New York (1975)]
Noah Goldowsky Gallery, New York (by 1977)
Susanne Hilberry Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan (1977)
B.C. Holland Inc., Chicago (1983)
Francey and Martin L. Gecht, Chicago (1983)
[Christie's, New York, Property from the Collection of Francey and Dr. Martin L. Gecht, May 3, 2006, lot 177]
Private collection, Atlanta (May 3, 2006)
Exhibitions
1935b Philadelphia possibly
Boyer Galleries, Philadelphia, Gorky: Drawings, October 1–20, 1935.1962a New York
David Anderson Gallery, New York, Arshile Gorky: Drawings: 1929 to 1934, February 3–March 1, 1962, ill. in b/w, as "two forms".1965b Buffalo
James Goodman Gallery, Buffalo, New York, Fall 1965, Fall 1965, no. 19, ill. in b/w, p. 5, as "Two Forms".1967b Philadelphia
Peale Galleries, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Paintings and Drawings by Arshile Gorky, November 9–December 10, 1967, no. 11, as "Two Forms," dated 193?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. 5 (Drawings, Sketches, Gouaches), p. 53, as "Two Forms," dated c. 1931–32.1969 Saratoga Springs
Hathorn Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York, The Drawings of Arshile Gorky, October 21–November 9, 1969, no. 10, as "Two Forms," c. 1931–32.1969e New York
M. Knoedler & Co. Inc, New York, Gorky: Drawings, November 25–December 27, 1969. (Exhibition catalogue: Jordan 1969), no. 6, ill. in b/w, p. 19; p. 55, as "Two Forms," dated c. 1931–32.1984–85 Chicago
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Dada and Surrealism in Chicago Collections, December 1, 1984–January 27, 1985, ill. in b/w, p. 151, as "Nighttime, Enigma, and Nostalgia".2003–04 Chicago
Art Institute of Chicago, Graphic Modernism: Selections from the Francey and Dr. Martin L. Gecht Collection at The Art Institute of Chicago, November 15, 2003–January 11, 2004, no. 129, ill. in color, p. 160, as "Two Forms (Study for "Nighttime, Enigma, and Nostalgia")".Literature
Rand 1981
Rand, Harry. Arshile Gorky: The Implication of Symbols. Montclair, NJ: Allanheld, Osmun & Co. Publishers Inc., and London: George Prior Associated Publishers Ltd., 1981. Monograph, fig. 4–6, ill. in b/w, p. 58, as "Two Forms," dated c. 1932.Rand 1991
Rand, Harry. Arshile Gorky: The Implication of Symbols. Rev. ed. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1991. Monograph, fig. 4–6, ill. in b/w, p. 65, as "Two Forms," dated c. 1932.Related Work
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