Arshile Gorky Catalogue Raisonné

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Provenance

The artist

International Rescue Committee, New York, by donation (January 27, 1948)

[Kende Galleries at Gimbel Brothers, New York, Modern Art: Paintings, Sculpture, Drawings, and a Group of Contemporary Manuscripts Donated to International Rescue Inc., March 18, 1949, lot 53]

Katharine Ordway, New York (March 18, 1949)

Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut, by bequest (1980)

Exhibitions

1949 International Rescue Committee

International Rescue Committee, New York (organizer), Modern Art: Paintings, Sculpture, Drawings, and a Group of Contemporary Manuscripts Donated to International Rescue Inc., 1949, as "The Betrothal". Traveled to: Laurel Gallery, New York, March 1–10, 1949; Kende Galleries at Gimbel Brothers, New York, March 12–18, 1949.

1968 St. Paul

St. Paul Art Center, Minnesota, The Katharine Ordway Collection, May 1968, no. 22, ill. in b/w, as "The Betrothal".

1981–82 New York

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Arshile Gorky 1904–1948: A Retrospective, April 24–July 19, 1981, no. 200, ill. in color, p. 223, as "The Betrothal". Traveled to: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, September 12–November 6, 1981; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, December 3, 1981–February 28, 1982.

1987 Buffalo

Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York, Abstract Expressionism: The Critical Developments, September 19–November 29, 1987, no. 11, ill. in color, p. 177, as "The Betrothal".

1989–90 Madrid

Sala de Exposiciones de la Fundación Caja de Pensiones, Madrid, Arshile Gorky, 1904–1948, October 17–December 23, 1989, no. 48, ill. in color, p. 129, as "The Betrothal". Traveled to: Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, January 19–March 25, 1990.

1993–94 New York

Whitney Museum of Art, New York, Collection in Context: Gorky's Betrothals, October 6, 1993–January 9, 1994, ill. in color, as "The Betrothal". Traveled to: Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut, February 1–April 10, 1994; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, April 24–June 19, 1994.

1995–96 Fort Worth / Buffalo

Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth and Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo (organizers), Arshile Gorky: The Breakthrough Years, 1995–96, no. 16, ill. in color, p. 121, as "The Betrothal". Traveled to: National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., May 7–September 17, 1995; Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York, October 13–December 31, 1995; Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Texas, January 13–March 17, 1996.

2009–10 Philadelphia

Philadelphia Museum of Art, Arshile Gorky: A Retrospective, October 15, 2009–January 10, 2010. (Exhibition catalogue: Taylor 2009a), pl. 172, ill. in color, p. 335; p. 392, as "The Betrothal". 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

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. 58, as "The Betrothal".

Millard 1982

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

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. 90, as "Betrothal".

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. 340, pl. 9, ill. in color, p. 113; ill. in b/w, pp. 517–19, as "The Betrothal".

Kuspit 1987b

Kuspit, Donald. "Arshile Gorky: Images in Support of the Invented Self." In Abstract Expressionism: The Critical Developments. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1987. Exhibition catalogue, discussed, p. 62, as "The Betrothal".

Anfam 1990a

Anfam, David. Abstract Expressionism. New York: Thames & Hudson, 1990, discussed, p. 118, as "The Betrothal".

Kramer 1995

Kramer, Hilton. "Tragedy of Life and Art." Art & Antiques (New York) 18, no. 9 (October 1995), discussed, p. 116, as "The Betrothal".

Sawin 1995

Sawin, Martica. Surrealism in Exile and the Beginning of the New York School. Cambridge, MA, and London: The MIT Press, 1995, ill. in b/w, p. 408, as "Betrothal".

Weil 1995

Weil, Rex. "Arshile Gorky." Artnews (New York) 94 (September 1995), discussed, p. 147, as one of "three versions of The Betrothal".

Ades 1997

Ades, Dawn. Surrealist Art: The Lindy and Edwin Bergman Collection at the Art Institute of Chicago. Margherita Andreotti, ed. Chicago and New York: Art Institute of Chicago and Thames and Hudson, 1997, discussed, p. 144, as "The Betrothal".

Karmel 2002

Karmel, Pepe. "Arshile Gorky: Anatomical Blackboard." Master Drawings (New York) 40 (2002), fig. 5, ill. in color, p. 12, as "The Betrothal".

Rosand 2004

Rosand, David. The Invention of Painting in America. New York: Columbia University Press, 2004, fig. 74, ill. in b/w, p. 144, as "The Betrothal".

Beredjiklian 2007

Beredjiklian, Alexandre. Arshile Gorky: sept thèmes majeurs. Suresnes, France: Alphamédian & Johanet; Lisbon: Fondation Calouste Gulbenkian, 2007. Monograph, discussed, p. 55, as "Les fiançailles".

Mattison 2009

Matttison, Robert S. Arshile Gorky: Works and Writings. Barcelona: Ediciones Polígrafica, 2009. Monograph, ill. in color, p. 135, as "The Betrothal," dated 1949 [sic].

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), ill. in b/w, p. 211, as "The Betrothal".

Gale 2010

Gale, Matthew. Arshile Gorky: Enigma and Nostalgia. London: Tate Publishing, 2010. Exhibition catalogue (2009–10 Philadelphia), no. 41, ill. in color, p. 80, as "The Betrothal".

Sandler 2013

Sandler, Irving H. "Arshile Gorky, 'An Artist of the Earth.'" The Brooklyn Rail (NY) (July–August 2013), ill. in color, p. 35, as "The Betrothal".

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