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Provenance
Exhibitions
Oklahoma Art Center, Oklahoma City, An Exhibition of Drawings by Arshile Gorky, October 28–November 25, 1973, no. 37, ill. in b/w, p. 32; p. 35, as "Study for Newark Airport Mural" , n.d. Traveled to: Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, December 9, 1973–January 6, 1974; New Orleans Museum of Art, January 20–February 17, 1974; Amarillo Art Center, Texas, March 10–April 7, 1974; University Museum Illinois State University, Normal, April 21–May 19, 1974.
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Centro de Arte Moderna José Azeredo Perdigão, Lisbon, Arshile Gorky: Collection Mooradian, October 24–November 25, 1984, no. 5, ill. in color, p. 93, as "Aviation: Evolution of Forms Under Aerodynamic Limitations I," dated 1935–36. Traveled to: Centre Culturel Portugais, Paris, January 17–March 9, 1985.
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, Arshile Gorky: A Retrospective of Drawings, November 20, 2003–February 15, 2004, no. 52, ill. in color, p. 110; p. 243, as "Aviation: Evolution of Forms Under Aerodynamic Limitations I," dated 1935–36. Traveled to: Menil Collection, Houston, March 5–May 9, 2004.
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Arshile Gorky: A Retrospective, October 15, 2009–January 10, 2010. (Exhibition catalogue: Taylor 2009a), pl. 81, ill. in color, p. 238; p. 388, as "Study for Aviation: Evolution of Forms Under Aerodynamic Limitations I (Newark Airport Murals)," dated 1935–36. 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).
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. 14, as "Aviation: Evolution of Forms under Aerodynamic Limitations I, Study for mural Modern Aviation / Aviaçao: A Evolução das "Formas "Sob Limitações Aerodinâmicas "I, Estudo para o mural Aviação Moderna," dated 1935–36.
Literature
Mooradian, Karlen. Arshile Gorky Adoian. Chicago: Gilgamesh Press, 1978. Monograph, fig. 45, ill. in color, p. 64, as "Aviation: Evolution of Forms Under Aerodynamic Limitations I," dated 1935–1936.
Bowman, Ruth. "Arshile Gorky's 'Aviation' Murals Rediscovered." In Murals Without Walls: Arshile Gorky's Aviation Murals Rediscovered, Ruth Bowman. Newark, NJ: The Newark Museum, 1978, ill. in b/w (detail), p. 43, as "study for Modern Aviation," dated c. 1936.
Mooradian, Karlen. The Many Worlds of Arshile Gorky. Chicago: Gilgamesh Press, 1980. Monograph, fig. 26, ill. in b/w, p. 230, as "Aviation: Evolution of Forms Under Aerodynamic Limitations I," dated 1935–1936.
Mooradian, Karlen, and Takahiko Okada. アーシル・ゴーキー: ある異邦人との対話 (Arshile Gorky and His Works: Art from Life). Tokyo: PARCO Co. Ltd., 1982. Monograph, no. 5, ill. in color, p. 18, as "Aviation: Evolution of Forms Under Aerodynamic Limitations I," dated 1935–1936.
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. 141t, ill. in b/w, p. 277, as "Sketch for "Modern Aviation," far left panel," dated 1935–37.
Matttison, Robert S. Arshile Gorky: Works and Writings. Barcelona: Ediciones Polígrafica, 2009. Monograph, ill. in color, p. 50, as "Study for Aviation: Evolution of Forms under Aerodynamic Limitations I (Newark Airport Mural)," dated 1935–36.
Patterson, Jody. Modernism for the Masses: Painters, Politics, and Public Murals in 1930s New York. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2020, fig. 101, ill. in color, p. 191, as "Study for 'Aviation: Evolution of Forms under Aerodynamic Limitations' I (Newark Airport Murals)," dated 1935–36.
Notes
Watermark / Stamp: Whatman
Related Work
Theme: Mural
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