Arshile Gorky Catalogue Raisonné

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Provenance

The artist

Julien Levy Gallery, New York (February 1946)

Julien Levy, Bridgewater, Connecticut (1949)

Estate of Arshile Gorky, by transfer (March 1950)

[Sidney Janis Gallery, New York (after October 16, 1952)]

Martha Jackson, New York (by March 1953)

Martha Jackson Gallery, New York (likely April 1953)

Michel Tapié, Turin, Italy (by June 1962) . . .

Carlo Frua de Angeli, Milan (by 1969)

Estate of Carlo Frua de Angeli (1969)

[Alberto Ulrich, Milan (by 1970)]

M. Knoedler & Co. Inc., New York (April 28, 1970)

National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa (February 19, 1971)

Exhibitions

1946b New York

Julien Levy Gallery, New York, Arshile Gorky: Paintings: 1946, April 9–May 4, 1946, no. 2, as "Charred Beloved No. 2".

1950 Venice

XXV Biennale di Venezia, U.S. Pavilion, Venice, Italy, Gorky, Pollock, de Kooning, June 3–October 15, 1950, no. 73, p. 394, as "L'amato carbonizzato N. 2".

1951a New York

Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, Arshile Gorky Memorial Exhibition, January 5–February 18, 1951, no. 43, p. 47, as "Charred Beloved II". Traveled to: Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, March 4–April 22, 1951; San Francisco Museum of Art, California, May 9–July 9, 1951.

1952 Princeton

Princeton University Art Museum, New Jersey, Arshile Gorky: A Loan Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings, October 6–26, 1952, no. 14, as "Charred Beloved II".

1953b New York

Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, Arshile Gorky in the Final Years, February 16–March 14, 1953, no. 12, as "Charred Beloved II".

1954 Minneapolis

Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Reality and Fantasy 1900–1954, May 23–July 2, 1954, no. 67, as "Charred Beloved No. 2".

1955–56 AFA

American Federation of Arts, New York (organizer), In Memoriam: 12 American Artists Who Died in the Past 12 Years, 1955–56, no. 7, as "Charred Beloved II". Traveled to: National Arts Club, New York, September 10–20, 1955; Watkins Institute, Nashville, October 1–22, 1955; Hunter Gallery, Chattanooga, Tennessee, November 10–30, 1955; Gates Gallery, Port Arthur, Texas, December 14, 1955–January 4, 1956; Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, January 15–February 6, 1956; University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, February 25–March 24, 1956; Atlanta Public Library, April 7–28, 1956; Des Moines Art Center, May 12–June 8, 1956; State University of Iowa, Iowa City, June 17–August 1, 1956.

1959 Houston

Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, The Romantic Agony: From Goya to de Kooning, April 23–May 31, 1959, ill. in b/w, p. 20, as "Charred Beloved II".

1960 Munich

Städtische Galerie München (Lenbachpalais), Munich, Neue Malerei: Form Struktur Bedeutung, June 10–August 28, 1960, no. 45, ill. in b/w, as "Charred Beloved".

1962 Venice

XXXI Biennale di Venezia: Internazionale d'Arte, U.S. Pavilion, Venice, Italy, Arshile Gorky, June 16–October 7, 1962, no. 21, p. 114, as "L'amata bruciata II".

1962–63b New York

Museum of Modern Art, New York, Arshile Gorky, 1904–1948, December 19, 1962–February 12, 1963. (Exhibition catalogue: Seitz 1962), no. 85, ill. in b/w, p. 38; p. 55, as "Charred Beloved II". Traveled to: Washington Gallery of Modern Art, D.C., March 12–April 14, 1963.

1981–82 New York

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Arshile Gorky 1904–1948: A Retrospective, April 24–July 19, 1981, no. 196, ill. in b/w, p. 219, as "Charred Beloved II". Traveled to: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, September 12–November 6, 1981; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, December 3, 1981–February 28, 1982.

1984–85 Amsterdam

Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, La Grande Parade: Hoogtepunten van de schilderkunst na 1940 / Highlights in Painting after 1940, December 15, 1984–April 15, 1985, no. 97, ill. in color, p. 141; p. 339, as "Charred Beloved II".

1995–96 Geneva

Musée Rath, Geneva, Les Figures de la liberté, October 27, 1995–January 7, 1996, p. 322, as "Charred Beloved II".

2009–10 Philadelphia

Philadelphia Museum of Art, Arshile Gorky: A Retrospective, October 15, 2009–January 10, 2010. (Exhibition catalogue: Taylor 2009a), pl. 167, ill. in color, p. 330; p. 391, as "Charred Beloved II". 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

Curl 1951

Curl, Huldah. "Arshile Gorky: Memorial Exhibition." Notes and Comments from the Walker Art Center (Minneapolis) 5 (March 1951), ill. in b/w, p. 2, as "The Charred Beloved".

de Kooning 1951

de Kooning, Elaine. "Gorky: Painter of his Own Legend." Artnews (New York) 49, no. 9 (January 1951), discussed p. 65, as "Charred Beloved".

Mitchell 1953

Mitchell, Fred. "Gallery Previews in New York." Pictures on Exhibit XVI, no. 6 (March 1953), discussed p. 22, as "Charred Beloved II".

[Unknown] 1955

"Famous Sloan Painting in Gates Gallery Art Exhibit." [Unknown newspaper], December 14, 1955, discussed, as "Charred Beloved, II".

Blesh 1956

Blesh, Rudi. Modern Art USA: Men, Rebellion, Conquest, 1900–1956. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1956, ill. in b/w , p. 212, as "Charred Beloved No. 2".

Arti Visive 1957

"Special issue on Gorky in Italian and English with text by Toti Scialoja and excerpts from Schwabacher 1957." Arti Visive 6–7 (Summer 1957), no.1, ill. in b/w, as "Charred Beloved II".

Schwabacher 1957

Schwabacher, Ethel. Arshile Gorky. Introduction by Meyer Schapiro. New York: The Macmillan Company for the Whitney Museum of American Art, 1957. Monograph, fig. 58, ill. in b/w, p. 129, as "Charred Beloved, II".

Reiff 1961

Reiff, Robert F. "A Stylistic Analysis of Arshile Gorky's Art from 1943–1948." Ph.D. diss., Columbia University, New York, 1961, fig. 71, ill. in b/w, p. 349, as "Charred Beloved II".

Rosenberg 1962a

Rosenberg, Harold. Arshile Gorky: The Man, the Time, the Idea. New York: Horizon Press, 1962. Monograph, discussed p. 104.

Kozloff 1965

Kozloff, Max. "The Critical Reception of Abstract-Expressionism." Arts Magazine (New York) 40, no. 2 (December 1965), ill. in b/w, p. 32, as "Charred Beloved".

Levy 1966

Levy, Julien. Arshile Gorky. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1966. Monograph, pl. 140, ill. in b/w, p. 164, as "Charred Beloved II".

Jordan 1981

Jordan, Jim M. "Gorky at the Guggenheim." Art Journal (New York) 41, no. 3 (Fall 1981), discussed p. 263, as "Charred Beloved II".

Rand 1981

Rand, Harry. Arshile Gorky: The Implication of Symbols. Montclair, NJ: Allanheld, Osmun & Co. Publishers Inc., and London: George Prior Associated Publishers Ltd., 1981. Monograph, fig. 14–2, ill. in b/w, p. 214, as "Charred Beloved II".

Waldman 1981

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. 57, as "Charred Beloved II".

Millard 1982

Millard, Charles W. "Arshile Gorky." The Hudson Review (New York) 35, no. 1 (Spring 1982), discussed, p. 110, as "Charred Beloved II".

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. 88, as "Charred Beloved II".

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. 306, ill. in b/w, pp. 470–71, as "Charred Beloved II".

Seitz 1983

Seitz, William C. Abstract Expressionist Painting in America. Cambridge, MA and London: Harvard University Press for the National Gallery of Art, 1983, fig. 78, ill. in b/w, as "Charred Beloved II".

Rand 1991

Rand, Harry. Arshile Gorky: The Implication of Symbols. Rev. ed. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1991. Monograph, fig. 14–2, ill. in b/w, p. 238, as "Charred Beloved II".

Akiskal and Akiskal 1996

Akiskal, Kareen K., and Hagop S. Akiskal. "Abstract Expressionism as Psychobiography: The Life and Suicide of Arshile Gorky." In Depression and the Spiritual in Modern Art: Homage to Miró, Schildkraut, Joseph J. and Aurora Otero, eds. Chichester (U.K.) and New York: John Wiley, 1996, fig. 19–8, ill. in b/w, p. 233, as "Charred Beloved II".

FitzGerald 2006b

FitzGerald, Michael. "Picasso and American Art: Chapter Four (1940–1949)." In Picasso and American Art. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, in association with Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2006. Exhibition catalogue, fig. 92, ill. in b/w, p. 229; discussed p. 230, as "Charred Beloved II".

Beredjiklian 2007

Beredjiklian, Alexandre. Arshile Gorky: sept thèmes majeurs. Suresnes, France: Alphamédian & Johanet; Lisbon: Fondation Calouste Gulbenkian, 2007. Monograph, discussed p. 55, as "Bien-aimée calcinée II".

Cooksey 2009

Cooksey, Chelsea L. "Arshile Gorky: The Abstraction of Symbol, Figure, and Form." M.A. Thesis, Purchase College, State University of New York, 2009, fig. 61, ill. in b/w, p. 86, as "Charred Beloved II".

Mattison 2009

Matttison, Robert S. Arshile Gorky: Works and Writings. Barcelona: Ediciones Polígrafica, 2009. Monograph, ill. in color, p. 110, as "Charred Beloved II".

Gale 2010

Gale, Matthew. Arshile Gorky: Enigma and Nostalgia. London: Tate Publishing, 2010. Exhibition catalogue (2009–10 Philadelphia), no. 36, ill. in color, p. 76, as "Charred Beloved II".

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