Arshile Gorky Catalogue Raisonné

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Provenance

The artist

Julien Levy Gallery, New York (1947)

Julien Levy, Bridgewater, Connecticut (1949)

[Samuel Kootz Gallery, New York (March 21, 1950)]

Julien Levy, Bridgewater, Connecticut (April 26, 1950)

[Samuel Kootz Gallery, New York (January 9, 1951)]

[Sidney Janis Gallery, New York (February 27, 1952)]

Estate of Arshile Gorky (after February 1963)

[M. Knoedler & Co. Inc., New York (January 4, 1968)]

Estate of Arshile Gorky (March 7, 1974)

Private collection (1975)

[Xavier Fourcade Inc., New York (September 20, 1978)]

Private collection (by 1982)

Exhibitions

1948b New York

Julien Levy Gallery, New York, Arshile Gorky, February 29–March 20, 1948, no. 4, as "Pastoral".

1950a New York

Kootz Gallery, New York, Selected Paintings by the Late Arshile Gorky, March 28–April 24, 1950. (Exhibition brochure: Gottlieb 1950), as "Pastoral II".

1958 San Francisco likely

Gump's Gallery, San Francisco, New York Painters, July 1–25, 1958, as "Pastorale".

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. 116, p. 56, as "Pastoral". Traveled to: Washington Gallery of Modern Art, D.C., March 12–April 14, 1963.

1966–67 IC–MoMA

Museum of Modern Art, New York, International Council (organizer), Two Decades of American Painting, 1966–67, as "Pastoral," [Japan: unnumbered checklist, p. 66]. Traveled to: National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, October 15–November 27, 1966; National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, December 10, 1966–January 22, 1967; Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, March 28–April 15, 1967; National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia, June 6–July 9, 1967; Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, July 17–August 13, 1967.

1967–68 Turin

Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna, Turin, Italy, Le Muse Inquietanti: Maestri del Surrealismo, November 1967–January 1968, no. 263, ill. in b/w, p. 193, as "Pastorale".

1969c New York

M. Knoedler & Co. Inc, New York, Gorky, de Kooning, Newman, June 26–September 20, 1969, as "Pastoral".

1972 Munich

Haus der Kunst, Munich, Der Surrealismus 1922–1942 / Le Surrealisme, 1922–1942, March 11–May 7, 1972, as "Pastoral," [Munich: no. 189, ill. in b/w; Paris: no. 184, ill. in b/w]. Traveled to: Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, May 26–July 23, 1972.

1979b New York

Xavier Fourcade Inc, New York, Arshile Gorky: Important Paintings and Drawings, April 3–28, 1979, ill. in color, as "Pastorale".

1981–82 New York

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Arshile Gorky 1904–1948: A Retrospective, April 24–July 19, 1981, no. 227, ill. in color, p. 240, as "Pastorale". Traveled to: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, September 12–November 6, 1981; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, December 3, 1981–February 28, 1982.

1993 Berlin

Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, American Art in the 20th Century: Painting and Sculpture 1913–1993, May 8–July 25, 1993, no. 84, ill. in color, as "Pastorale". Traveled to: Royal Academy of Arts and Saatchi Gallery, London, September 16–December 12, 1993.

1997 Tokyo

Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Founders and Heirs of the New York School, January 25–March 16, 1997, no. 18, ill. in color, p. 68, as "Pastoral". Traveled to: Miyagi Museum of Art, Sendai, Japan, April 5–May 25, 1997; Museum of Modern Art, Ibaraki, Japan, June 28–August 3, 1997.

2008 Moscow

Gagosian Gallery (organizer), Red October Chocolate Factory, Moscow, for what you are about to receive, September 18–October 25, 2008, ill. in color, p. 63; ill. in color, p. 227, as "Pastoral".

2010 London

Gagosian Gallery, London, Arshile Gorky: Virginia Summer 1946, February 10–April 1, 2010. (Exhibition catalogue: Gagosian Gallery 2010), ill. in color, as "Pastoral".

2011b New York

Gagosian Gallery, New York, Arshile Gorky: 1947, May 6–July 1, 2011.

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), ill. in color, pp. 50–51; p. 139, as "Pastoral".

2019 Venice

Ca'Pesaro International Gallery of Modern Art, Venice, Italy, Arshile Gorky: 1904–1948, May 8–September 22, 2019, ill. in color, p. 131, as "Pastoral".

Literature

Greenberg 1948b

Greenberg, Clement. "Art." The Nation (New York) 166 (March 20, 1948), discussed p. 332, as "Pastoral".

Cross 1958 likely

Cross, Miriam Dungan. "Art: New York Painters' Show in S.F. Brings Mixed Reaction." Oakland Tribune (CA), July 20, 1958, discussed p. 2C, as "Pastorale".

Levy 1966

Levy, Julien. Arshile Gorky. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1966. Monograph, pl. 200, ill. in b/w, p. 224, as "Pastoral".

Jordan 1969

Jordan, Jim M. Gorky: Drawings. New York: M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., 1969. Exhibition catalogue (1969e New York), fig. 7, ill. in b/w, p. 14, as "Pastoral".

Gibson 1979

Gibson, Eric. "Arshile Gorky." Art International (Paris) 23 (Summer 1979), discussed p. 77, as "Pastorale".

Suenaga 1979

Suenaga, Terukazu. "Mirror of Memory: Gorky's Cruel Change." Mizue (みづゑ) (Tokyo) 9, no. 894 (September 1979), ill. in color, p. 27.

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. 12–14, ill. in b/w, p. 194, as "Pastoral".

Spender 1981

Spender, Matthew. "The Originality of Gorky." Art/World (New York) (May 23 / June 20, 1981), discussed p. 5, as "Pastorale".

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 "Pastoral".

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. 347, ill. in b/w, pp. 525–26, as "Pastoral".

Corrin 1990

Corrin, Lisa. "Toward Armenia: Notes of a Journey." In Arshile Gorky: 1904–1948. London: Whitechapel Art Gallery, 1990. Exhibition catalogue, fig. 4, ill. in b/w, p. 178, as "Pastoral".

Spender 1990a

Spender, Matthew. "Origines et développement de l'oeuvre dessiné de Arshile Gorky / Quellen und Entwicklung von Arshile Gorkys zeichnerischem Werk." In Arshile Gorky: Œuvres sur Papier, 1929–1947 / Arbeiten auf Papier, 1929–1947, edited by Erika Billeter. Lausanne: Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts, 1990. Exhibition catalogue, fig. 20, ill. in b/w, p. 38, as "Pastoral".

Rand 1991

Rand, Harry. Arshile Gorky: The Implication of Symbols. Rev. ed. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1991. Monograph, fig. 12–14, ill. in b/w, p. 216, as "Pastoral".

Herrera 2003

Herrera, Hayden. Arshile Gorky: His Life and Work. New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2003, fig. 171, ill. in color, as "Pastoral".

Cotter 2017

Cotter, Holland. "The Art of Bliss Remembered." New York Times, December 8, 2017, ill. in color, p. 19, as "Pastoral".

Rhodes 2017

Rhodes, David. "Ardent Nature: Arshile Gorky Landscapes, 1943–47." The Brooklyn Rail (NY) (December 2017–January 2018), ill. in b/w, p. 69, as "Pastoral".

Tuchman 2018

Tuchman, Phyllis. "Arshile Gorky." Artforum (New York) 56, no. 5 (January 2018), ill. in color, p. 212, as "Pastoral".

Field 2021

Field, Parker. "Beyond The Limit." In Arshile Gorky: Beyond The Limit, edited by Jennifer Magee. Zurich: Hauser & Wirth Publishers, 2021. Exhibition catalogue, discussed p. 11; ill. in color, p. 48, as "Pastoral".

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