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Provenance
Estate of Arshile Gorky (1948)
[Sidney Janis Gallery, New York (by 1959)]
[M. Knoedler & Co. Inc., New York (by December 1970)]
Estate of Arshile Gorky (by 1975)
Private collection (1975)
[Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe / New York (1997)]
Private collection
[Gagosian Gallery, New York (January 1998)]
Private collection (January 21, 1998)
Exhibitions
1962b New York
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, Paintings by Arshile Gorky from 1929 to 1948, February 5–March 3, 1962. (Exhibition catalogue: Sidney Janis Gallery 1962), no. 17, ill. in b/w, as "The Apple Orchard II," dated 1943-46.1962e New York
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, 10 American Painters, May 7–June 2, 1962, no. 3, ill. in b/w, as "The Apple Orchard II".1965 AC–Brussels and Rotterdam
Arts Council of Great Britain, London (organizer), Arshile Gorky, Paintings and Drawings / Arshile Gorky: Schilderijen en Tekeningen, 1965, no. 50, as "Appel boomgaard / Apple orchard," dated 1941–1945. Traveled to: Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, May 22–June 27, 1965; Museum Boymans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, July 24–September 5, 1965 (Museum Boymans van Beuingen 1965).1965 AC–London
Arts Council of Great Britain, London (organizer), Tate Gallery, Arshile Gorky: Paintings and Drawings, April 2–May 2, 1965, no. 43, as "Apple Orchard," dated 1941–45.1981–82 Munich
Haus der Kunst, Munich, Amerikanische Malerei 1930–1980 / American Painting 1930–1980, November 14, 1981–January 31, 1982, no. 86, ill. in color, p. 92, as "Garten mit Apfelbäumen / Apple Orchard," dated 1946.1989–90 Madrid
Sala de Exposiciones de la Fundación Caja de Pensiones, Madrid, Arshile Gorky, 1904–1948, October 17–December 23, 1989, no. 32, ill. in color, p. 101, as "Apple Orchard". Traveled to: Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, January 19–March 25, 1990.1993 Berlin
Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, American Art in the 20th Century: Painting and Sculpture 1913–1993, May 8–July 25, 1993, no. 82, ill. in color, as "Apple Orchard". Traveled to: Royal Academy of Arts and Saatchi Gallery, London, September 16–December 12, 1993.2009–10 Philadelphia
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Arshile Gorky: A Retrospective, October 15, 2009–January 10, 2010. (Exhibition catalogue: Taylor 2009a), pl. 140, ill. in color, p. 301; p. 390, as "Apple Orchard," dated c. 1943–47. 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
Hoyland 1965
Hoyland, Francis. "The composer." The Listener (London) (April 15, 1965), discussed p. 568, as "Apple Orchard".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. 270, ill. in b/w, pp. 420–21, as "Apple Orchard".Frankel 1990
Frankel, Claire. "Gorky: Tragic Lyricism." International Herald Tribune (Paris), March 10–11, 1990, discussed, p. 7, as "Apple Orchard".Anfam 1990c
Anfam, David. "Convulsive Images." Art International (Paris) 11 (Summer 1990), ill. in color, p. 100, as "Apple Orchard".Mattison 2009
Matttison, Robert S. Arshile Gorky: Works and Writings. Barcelona: Ediciones Polígrafica, 2009. Monograph, ill. in color, p. 92, as "Apple Orchard," dated c. 1943–47.Alberro 2010
Alberro, Alexander. "The Apprenticeship of Arshile Gorky: On Arshile Gorky at the Philadelphia Museum of Art." Texte zur Kunst (Cologne) 77 (March 2010), discussed pp. 146, 208, as "Apple Orchard".Related Work
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