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Provenance
Estate of Arshile Gorky (1948)
Vartoosh [Adoian] Mooradian, Chicago, by gift (1952)
Diocese of the Armenian Church of America (Eastern), by bequest (April 24, 1991)
Exhibitions
1984–85 Lisbon
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Centro de Arte Moderna José Azeredo Perdigão, Lisbon, Arshile Gorky: Collection Mooradian, October 24–November 25, 1984, no. 4, ill. in color, p. 92, as "Portrait of Vartoosh," dated 1933. Traveled to: Centre Culturel Portugais, Paris, January 17–March 9, 1985.2002d New York
Gagosian Gallery, New York, Arshile Gorky: Portraits, March 20–April 27, 2002. (Exhibition catalogue: Gagosian Gallery 2002), ill. in color, p. 62, as "Portrait of Vartoosh," dated c. 1933–34.2014–15 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. 3, as "Portrait of Vartoosh / Retrato de Vartoosh," dated 1933.2019 Venice
Ca'Pesaro International Gallery of Modern Art, Venice, Italy, Arshile Gorky: 1904–1948, May 8–September 22, 2019, ill. in color, p. 85, as "Portrait of Vartoosh," dated 1933.Literature
Mooradian 1978
Mooradian, Karlen. Arshile Gorky Adoian. Chicago: Gilgamesh Press, 1978. Monograph, fig. 44, ill. in color, p. 63, as "Portrait of Vartoosh," dated 1933.Mooradian 1980
Mooradian, Karlen. The Many Worlds of Arshile Gorky. Chicago: Gilgamesh Press, 1980. Monograph, fig. 21, ill. in b/w (detail), p. 76, as "Portrait of Vartoosh," dated 1933.Mooradian 1982
Mooradian, Karlen, and Takahiko Okada. アーシル・ゴーキー: ある異邦人との対話 (Arshile Gorky and His Works: Art from Life). Tokyo: PARCO Co. Ltd., 1982. Monograph, no. 4, ill. in color, pp. 16–17, as "Portrait of Vartoosh," dated 1933.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 p. 51, as "Portrait of Vartoosh".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. 112, ill. in b/w, pp. 240–41, as "Portrait of Vartoosh".Herrera 2002
Herrera, Hayden. "Gorky's Distant Likenesses." Art in America (New York) 90 (November 2002), ill. in color, p. 150, as "Portrait of Vartoosh," dated 1933.Thil 2014
Thil, Marie-Anne. "Arshile Gorky: entre le surrélisme et l'art abstrait." France Arménie (October 2014), ill. in color, p. 68, as "Portrait of Vartoosh," dated 1933.Spender 2018a
Spender, Matthew, ed. Arshile Gorky: The Plow and the Song: A Life in Letters and Documents. Zurich: Hauser & Wirth Publishers, 2018, ill. in color, p. 155, as "Portrait of Vartoosh," dated 1933–34.Notes
Portraits (sitter identified): Vartoosh Adoian Mooradian (artist's sister)
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