[Nighttime, Enigma, and Nostalgia: Fish and Head], c. 1930, D0180 | Catalogue entry

Provenance

The artist

William and Lisa Muschenheim, New York, gift of the artist (after 1931)

[Kay Hillman, New York (1981)] . . .

[Jeremy Stone Gallery, San Francisco (January 1983)]

Private collection

Exhibitions

1983 San Francisco

Jeremy Stone Gallery, San Francisco, Willem de Kooning and Arshile Gorky: A Selection of Drawings and Paintings, February 1–26, 1983, no. 4, as "Untitled (after the Fatal Temple)".

Literature

Albright 1983

Albright, Thomas. "Double Bill' of Expatriate Artists." San Francisco Chronicle, February 12, 1983, ill. in b/w, p. 34, as Untitled (after the Fatal Temple).

Eastham 2025

Eastham, Ben, ed. Arshile Gorky: New York City. Zurich: Hauser & Wirth Publishers, 2025. Monograph, discussed p. 70; ill. in color, pp. 82–83, as "Fish and Head, from the series Nighttime, Enigma, and Nostalgia".

Notes

[Nighttime, Enigma, and Nostalgia: Fish and Head], c. 1930, D0180. Giorgio de Chirico, The Fatal Temple, 1914, oil on canvas, 13 1/8 x 16 1/8 inches (33.3 x 41 cm). Philadelphia Museum of Art; A. E. Gallatin Collection, 1947 (1947-88-14).

Giorgio de Chirico, The Fatal Temple, 1914, oil on canvas, 13 1/8 x 16 1/8 inches (33.3 x 41 cm). Philadelphia Museum of Art; A. E. Gallatin Collection, 1947 (1947-88-14).

Catalogue Entry

After works by other artists: Giorgio de Chirico

Theme: Nighttime, Enigma, and Nostalgia