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Provenance
The artist
Julien Levy Gallery, New York (1947)
Julien Levy, Bridgewater, Connecticut (1949)
Estate of Arshile Gorky, by transfer (March 1950)
Vartoosh [Adoian] Mooradian, Chicago, by gift (1952)
Diocese of the Armenian Church of America (Eastern), by bequest (April 24, 1991)
Exhibitions
1948b New York
Julien Levy Gallery, New York, Arshile Gorky, February 29–March 20, 1948, no. 13, as "Anti Medusa".1974–75 Düsseldorf
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, 1975.1984–85 Lisbon
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, 1985.2011b New York
Gagosian Gallery, New York, Arshile Gorky: 1947, May 6–July 1, 2011.2014–15 Lisbon
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".2017 New York
Hauser & Wirth, New York, Ardent Nature: Arshile Gorky Landscapes, 1943–47, November 2–December 23, 2017. (Exhibition catalogue: Spender and Devaney 2017).2019 Venice
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".2022 Lisbon
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 1978
Mooradian, Karlen. Arshile Gorky Adoian. Chicago: Gilgamesh Press, 1978. Monograph, fig. 52, ill. in color, p. 69, as "Ante-Medusa".Mooradian 1980
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 1982
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 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. 91, as "Anti-Medusa".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. 345, ill. in b/w, pp. 523–24, as "Anti-Medusa".
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