Arshile Gorky Catalogue Raisonné
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Exhibitions
Julien Levy Gallery, New York, Arshile Gorky, February 29–March 20, 1948, no. 13, as "Anti Medusa".
Städtische Kunsthalle, Düsseldorf, Surrealität-Bildrealität, 1924–1974, December 8, 1974–February 2, 1975, no. 114, p. 82; ill. in b/w, p. 83, as "Ante-Medusa". Traveled to: Staatliche Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden, Germany, February 14–April 13, 1975.
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Centro de Arte Moderna José Azeredo Perdigão, Lisbon, Arshile Gorky: Collection Mooradian, October 24–November 25, 1984, no. 12, ill. in color, p. 100, as "Ante-Medusa". Traveled to: Centre Culturel Portugais, Paris, January 17–March 9, 1985.
Gagosian Gallery, New York, Arshile Gorky: 1947, May 6–July 1, 2011.
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. 8, as "Ante-Medusa".
Hauser & Wirth, New York, Ardent Nature: Arshile Gorky Landscapes, 1943–47, November 2–December 23, 2017. (Exhibition catalogue: Spender and Devaney 2017).
Ca'Pesaro International Gallery of Modern Art, Venice, Italy, Arshile Gorky: 1904–1948, May 8–September 22, 2019, ill. in color, p. 135, as "Anti-Medusa".
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Centro de Arte Moderna José Azeredo Perdigão, Lisbon, to go to. Jorge Queiroz | Arshile Gorky, July 8–October 17, 2022, ill. in color, pp. 81–82, as "Ante-Medusa".
Literature
Mooradian, Karlen. Arshile Gorky Adoian. Chicago: Gilgamesh Press, 1978. Monograph, fig. 52, ill. in color, p. 69, as "Ante-Medusa".
Mooradian, Karlen. The Many Worlds of Arshile Gorky. Chicago: Gilgamesh Press, 1980. Monograph, fig. 32, ill. in b/w, p. 234; fig. 33, ill. in b/w (detail), p. 234; fig. 34, ill. in b/w (detail), p. 235, as "Ante-Medusa".
Mooradian, Karlen, and Takahiko Okada. アーシル・ゴーキー: ある異邦人との対話 (The Life of Arshile Gorky). Tokyo: PARCO Co. Ltd., 1982. Monograph, no. 12, ill. in color, pp. 26–27, as "Ante-Medusa".
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. 91, as "Anti-Medusa".
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. 345, ill. in b/w, pp. 523–24, as "Anti-Medusa".
Notes
Anti Medusa, 1947, P345. Anti Medusa as seen in Vartoosh's home in Chicago, 1962. Unknown photographer. Estate of Arshile Gorky Archive.
Anti Medusa as seen in Vartoosh's home in Chicago, 1962. Unknown photographer. Estate of Arshile Gorky Archive.
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