Composition No. 1, c. 1928–29, P067 | Catalogue entry

Provenance

The artist

[J.B. Neumann / New Art Circle, New York (likely by January 1930)]

The artist (after March 1935)

Isobel and I. Donald Grossman, New York (c. March 1937)

Estate of I. Donald Grossman (1980)

[Christie, Manson & Woods International Inc., New York, Contemporary Art, Evening Sale, May 13, 1981, lot 17]

Allan Stone Gallery, New York (May 13, 1981)

Warner Communications, New York (1982)

Private collection, New York, by descent (1992)

Private collection (likely 1992)

[Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe / New York (1997)]

Private collection (by 1998)

Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York (August 1998)

Private collection, New York (January 27, 1999)

[Leila Heller Gallery, New York (April 2019)]

[Hauser & Wirth (June 2019)]

Private collection (September 2024)

Exhibitions

1935a New York

Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, Abstract Painting in America, February 12–March 22, 1935, no. 46, ill. in b/w, as "Composition No. 1," lent by J. B. Neumann, New York.

1951a New York

Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, Arshile Gorky Memorial Exhibition, January 5–February 18, 1951, no. 5, p. 46, as "Composition," dated 1927. Traveled to: Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, March 4–April 22, 1951; San Francisco Museum of Art, California, May 9–July 9, 1951.

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. 6, ill. in b/w, p. 12; p. 53, as "Composition," dated c. 1928. Traveled to: Washington Gallery of Modern Art, D.C., March 12–April 14, 1963.

1975–76 Austin

University Art Museum, University of Texas at Austin, Arshile Gorky: Drawings to Paintings, October 12–November 23, 1975. (Exhibition catalogue: University of Texas at Austin 1975), p. 103, as "Composition," dated 1929. Traveled to: San Francisco Museum of Art, December 4, 1975–January 12, 1976; Neuberger Museum, Purchase College, State University of New York, February 10–March 14, 1976; Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, Utica, New York, April 4–May 9, 1976.

Literature

Coates 1951

Coates, Robert M. "The Art Galleries: Moderns—Past and Present." The New Yorker 26, no. 48 (January 20, 1951), discussed p. 60, as "Composition".

Loftus 1952

Loftus, John. "Arshile Gorky: A Monograph." M.A. Thesis, Columbia University, New York, 1952, pl. III, ill. in b/w, as "Composition".

Sawyer 1965

Sawyer, Kenneth B. "The Grossman Collection: U.S. Collectors of Modern Art." Studio International (London) 169 (February 1965), ill. in b/w, p. 84, as "Composition".

Levy 1966

Levy, Julien. Arshile Gorky. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1966. Monograph, pl. 45, ill. in b/w, p. 69, as "Composition," dated c. 1928.

Weegar 1975

Weegar, Sally. "Another view of Arshile Gorky." The Austin American-Statesman (TX), November 2, 1975, discussed p. 9, as "Composition".

Jordan 1982a

Jordan, Jim M. "The Paintings of Arshile Gorky: New Discoveries, New Sources, and Chronology." In The Paintings of Arshile Gorky: A Critical Catalogue, by Jim M. Jordan and Robert Goldwater. New York and London: New York University Press, 1982, discussed pp. 26, 30–31, as "Composition".

Jordan 1982b

Jordan, Jim M. "Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings." In The Paintings of Arshile Gorky: A Critical Catalogue, by Jim M. Jordan and Robert Goldwater. New York and London: New York University Press, 1982, no. 67, ill. in b/w, pp. 190–91, as "Composition".

Lader 1985

Lader, Melvin P. Arshile Gorky. New York: Abbeville Press, 1985. Monograph, fig. 20, ill. in b/w, p. 27, as "Composition".

Notes

Catalogue Entry

After works by other artists: Pablo Picasso

Theme: Still Life