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Provenance
Estate of Arshile Gorky (1948)
Vartoosh [Adoian] Mooradian, Chicago, by gift (c. 1952)
Diocese of the Armenian Church of America (Eastern), by bequest (April 24, 1991)
Exhibitions
1962a Los Angeles
Everett Ellin Gallery, Los Angeles, Arshile Gorky: Forty Drawings from the Period 1929 thru 1947, April 9–May 5, 1962, no. 1, ill. in b/w, as "Untitled," dated 1929–32.1973–74 Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Art Center, Oklahoma City, An Exhibition of Drawings by Arshile Gorky, October 28–November 25, 1973, no. 1, ill. in b/w, p. 2; p. 34, as "Untitled," dated c. 1929–32. Traveled to: Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, December 9, 1973–January 6, 1974; New Orleans Museum of Art, January 20–February 17, 1974; Amarillo Art Center, Texas, March 10–April 7, 1974; University Museum Illinois State University, Normal, April 21–May 19, 1974.1975 Cambridge
Hayden Gallery, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Drawings by Five Abstract Expressionist Painters: Arshile Gorky, Willem de Kooning, Jackson Pollock, Franz Kline, Philip Guston, February 21–March 26, 1975, no. 2, as "Nighttime, Enigma and Nostalgia," dated c. 1929-32.1984–85 Lisbon
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Centro de Arte Moderna José Azeredo Perdigão, Lisbon, Arshile Gorky: Collection Mooradian, October 24–November 25, 1984, no. 14, ill. in color, p. 102, as "Nighttime, Enigma and Nostalgia," 1931. Traveled to: Centre Culturel Portugais, Paris, January 17–March 9, 1985.2007 Paris
Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre National d'Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou, Paris, and Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Centro de Arte Moderna José Azeredo Perdigão, Lisbon (organizers), Arshile Gorky: Hommage, 2007, ill. in color, p. 46, as "Nuit, énigme et nostalgie / Nighttime, Enigma and Nostalgia," dated c. 1931. Traveled to: Centre Culturel Calouste Gulbenkian, Paris, April 2–June 4, 2007; Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre National d'Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou, Paris, April 2–June 4, 2007.2014–15 Lisbon
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Centro de Arte Moderna José Azeredo Perdigão, Lisbon, Arshile Gorky e a Coleção, June 4, 2014–May 31, 2015, ill. in color, p. 6, as "Nighttime, Enigma and Nostalgia / Noite, Enigma e Nostalgia," dated 1931.Literature
Mooradian 1968
Mooradian, Karlen. "The Gardener from Eden." Ararat (New York) 9 (Winter 1968), ill. in b/w, p. 9, as "Enigma," dated 1929–1932.Mooradian 1978
Mooradian, Karlen. Arshile Gorky Adoian. Chicago: Gilgamesh Press, 1978. Monograph, fig. 34, ill. in b/w, p. 31, as "Nighttime, Enigma and Nostalgia," dated 1931.Mooradian 1980
Mooradian, Karlen. The Many Worlds of Arshile Gorky. Chicago: Gilgamesh Press, 1980. Monograph, fig. 41, ill. in b/w, p. 238, as "Nighttime, Enigma and Nostalgia," dated 1931.Mooradian 1982
Mooradian, Karlen, and Takahiko Okada. アーシル・ゴーキー: ある異邦人との対話 (The Life of Arshile Gorky). Tokyo: PARCO Co. Ltd., 1982. Monograph, no. 14, ill. in color, pp. 28–29, as "Nighttime, Enigma and Nostalgia," dated 1931.Notes
Watermark / Stamp: Schoellershammer
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