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Provenance
Exhibitions
Martha Jackson Gallery, New York, Two Lyric Abstractionists: Gorky, Works of the Middle Period / Trökes, Recent Gouaches and Drawings, March 31–April 24, 1954, as "Study for a Mural," [not in checklist].
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 50th Anniversary Gifts, June 3–August 31, 1980, as "Study for Mechanics of Flying, Newark Airport Aviation Murals".
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, Drawing Acquisitions, 1978–1981, September 17–November 15, 1981, as "Study for Mechanics of Flying, Newark Airport Aviation Murals".
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Arshile Gorky 1904–1948: A Retrospective, April 24–July 19, 1981, no. 86a, as "Study for Mechanics of Flying, Newark Aviation Murals," dated c. 1936, [not in catalogue; exhibited in New York and Los Angeles only]. Traveled to: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, September 12–November 6, 1981; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, December 3, 1981–February 28, 1982.
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, Art in Place: Fifteen Years of Acquisitions, July 7–October 29, 1989, as "Study for Mechanics of Flying, Newark Airport Aviation Murals".
Whitney Museum of American Art at Equitable Center, New York, American Masters: Six Artists from the Permanent Collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art, January 10–March 18, 1992, as "Study for Mechanics of Flying, Newark Airport Aviation Murals". Traveled to: Whitney Museum of American Art at Champion, Stamford, Connecticut, April 17–June 17, 1992.
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Arshile Gorky: A Retrospective, October 15, 2009–January 10, 2010. (Exhibition catalogue: Taylor 2009a), pl. 83, ill. in color, p. 239; p. 388, as "Study for Mechanics of Flying, for Aviation: Evolution of Forms under Aerodynamic Limitations (Newark Airport Mural)," dated c. 1936–37, [exhibited in Philadelphia only]. 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).
Blanton Museum of Art, the University of Texas at Austin, In Creative Harmony: Three Artistic Partnerships, February 16–July 20, 2025, pl. 6, ill. in color, p. 61; p. 82, as "Study for Mechanics of Flying, Newark Airport Aviation Murals".
Literature
Porter, Fairfield. "Reviews and Previews." Artnews (New York) 53 (April 1954), discussed, p. 53.
"Acquisitions." Bulletin of the Whitney Museum of American Art (New York) 2 (Fall 1980), ill. in b/w, p. 52, as "Study for Mechanics of Flying, Newark Airport Aviation Murals".
"50th Anniversary Gifts." Bulletin of the Whitney Museum of American Art (New York) 2 (Fall 1980), discussed p. 61, as "Study for Mechanics of Flying, Newark Airport Aviation Murals".
Related Work
Theme: Mural
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