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Provenance
Exhibitions
Guild Art Gallery, New York, Group Exhibition of Paintings, May 25–June 30, 1936, no. 7, as "Greek Torso".
San Francisco Museum of Art, Arshile Gorky, August 9–24, 1941, as "Torso," dated 1926.
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, Arshile Gorky Memorial Exhibition, January 5–February 18, 1951, no. 3, ill. in b/w, p. 11; p. 46, as "The Antique Cast," dated 1926. Traveled to: Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, March 4–April 22, 1951; San Francisco Museum of Art, California, May 9–July 9, 1951.
Princeton University Art Museum, New Jersey, Arshile Gorky: A Loan Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings, October 6–26, 1952, no. 2, as "The Antique Cast," dated 1926.
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 "The Antique Cast," dated 1926, [exhibited in Austin and San Francisco only]. 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.
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Arshile Gorky 1904–1948: A Retrospective, April 24–July 19, 1981, no. 2, ill. in b/w, p. 63, as "The Antique Cast," dated 1926. Traveled to: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, September 12–November 6, 1981; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, December 3, 1981–February 28, 1982.
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Toward a New Museum: Recent Acquisitions in Painting and Sculpture, 1985–1991, 1991, p. 20, as "The Antique Cast".
Fresno Art Museum and the Armenian Museum (organizers), Fresno Art Museum, California, Vosdanik Manouk Adoian a.k.a. Arshile Gorky, April 7–June 4, 2006, no. 3, ill. in color, p. 21; p. 50, as "The Antique Cast," dated 1926.
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Arshile Gorky: A Retrospective, October 15, 2009–January 10, 2010. (Exhibition catalogue: Taylor 2009a), pl. 3, ill. in color, p. 162; p. 386, as "The Antique Cast," dated 1926. Traveled to: Tate Modern, London, February 10–May 3, 2010 (Gale 2010); Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, June 6–September 20, 2010 (Gale 2010).
Literature
E.G. [Emily Genauer]. "Paintings by Anna Walinska." New York World-Telegram, June 6, 1936, discussed, as "Greek Torso".
Sayre, Ann H. "Walinska, Forbes, Gorky and Others." Artnews (New York) 34 (June 6, 1936), discussed p. 9, as "Greek Torso".
Burrows, Carlyle. "A Group Show." New York Herald Tribune, May 31, 1936, discussed, p. E8, as "Greek Torso".
Devree, Howard. "Ushered in With June—First Exhibition by Index of American Design—New Group and One-Man Shows." New York Times, May 31, 1936, discussed, sec. 10, p. 7, as "Greek Torso".
Loftus, John. "Arshile Gorky: A Monograph." M.A. Thesis, Columbia University, New York, 1952, pl. I, ill. in b/w, as "The Antique Cast".
Schwabacher, Ethel. Arshile Gorky. Introduction by Meyer Schapiro. New York: The Macmillan Company for the Whitney Museum of American Art, 1957. Monograph, fig. 5, ill. in b/w, p. 33, as "The Antique Cast," dated 1926.
Sarkisian, Mardiros. "Arshile Gorky—A Struggle for Recognition." Review of Arshile Gorky, by Ethel K. Schwabacher. Hoosharar (New York, Amherst and Northampton, MA) 45, no. 3 (February 1, 1958), ill. in b/w, p. 9, as "The Antique Cast".
Reiff, Robert F. "A Stylistic Analysis of Arshile Gorky's Art from 1943–1948." Ph.D. diss., Columbia University, New York, 1961, fig. 6, ill. in b/w, p. 284, as "The Antique Cast".
Kainen, Jacob. "Memories of Arshile Gorky." Arts Magazine (New York) 50, no. 7 (March 1976), discussed p. 96, as "The Antique Cast".
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. 22, as "The Antique Cast".
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. 31–32, 89, as "The Antique Cast".
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. 68, ill. in b/w, pp. 192–93, as "The Antique Cast".
Seitz, William C. Abstract Expressionist Painting in America. Cambridge, MA and London: Harvard University Press for the National Gallery of Art, 1983, fig. 45, ill. in b/w, as "The Antique Cast".
Beredjiklian, Alexandre. Arshile Gorky: sept thèmes majeurs. Suresnes, France: Alphamédian & Johanet; Lisbon: Fondation Calouste Gulbenkian, 2007. Monograph, discussed pp. 24, 33, 52, as "Le moulage antique".
Notes
Henri Matisse, Still-Life with Statue (L'Ilyssus du Parthénon), 1908, oil on canvas (24 x 28¾ in.). Original color reproduction from Gorky's library.
Photo: © 2021 Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
After works by other artists: Henri Matisse
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