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Property from the Collection of Courtney Sale Ross
Arshile Gorky (1904-1948)
Study for the Betrothal
Details
Arshile Gorky (1904-1948)
Study for the Betrothal
signed 'a Gorky' (lower left)
graphite and wax crayon on paper
24 3/8 x 19 1/8 in. (61.9 x 48.6 cm.)
Executed circa 1946-1947.
Study for the Betrothal
signed 'a Gorky' (lower left)
graphite and wax crayon on paper
24 3/8 x 19 1/8 in. (61.9 x 48.6 cm.)
Executed circa 1946-1947.
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Agnes Phillips, New York, 1948
Xavier Fourcade, Inc., New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1982
Agnes Phillips, New York, 1948
Xavier Fourcade, Inc., New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1982
Literature
H. Rosenberg, Arshile Gorky: The Man, The Time, The Idea, New York, 1962, p. 107 (illustrated).
J. Levy, Arshile Gorky, New York, 1966, no. 180 (illustrated).
I.H. Sandler, The Triumph of American Painting: A History of Abstract Expressionism. New York, 1970, p. 58, no. 3-16 (illustrated).
American Art at Mid–Century: The Subjects of the Artist, exh. cat., Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art, 1978, p. 68, no. 12 (illustrated).
H. Rand, Arshile Gorky: The Implication of Symbols, London, 1980, p. 176, no. 10-7 (illustrated).
J. Levy, Arshile Gorky, New York, 1966, no. 180 (illustrated).
I.H. Sandler, The Triumph of American Painting: A History of Abstract Expressionism. New York, 1970, p. 58, no. 3-16 (illustrated).
American Art at Mid–Century: The Subjects of the Artist, exh. cat., Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art, 1978, p. 68, no. 12 (illustrated).
H. Rand, Arshile Gorky: The Implication of Symbols, London, 1980, p. 176, no. 10-7 (illustrated).
Exhibited
New York, Whitney Museum of American Art; Minneapolis, The Walker Art Center and The San Francisco Museum of Art, Arshile Gorky Memorial Exhibition, January-July 1951, no. 92.
New York, Sidney Janis Gallery, Drawings for Principal Paintings by Gorky, September-October 1955.
New York, Sidney Janis Gallery, Late Drawings by Gorky, September-October 1959, no. 33 (illustrated).
Minneapolis, University of Minnesota, University Gallery, Gorky Drawings, October-December 1960.
New York, The Art Center of the New School, An Exhibition of Painting & Sculpture by 15 Noted Contemporary Artists, May-June 1961.
New York, The Museum of Modern Art and Washington, D.C., The Washington Gallery of Modern Art, Arshile Gorky, Paintings, Drawings, Studies, December 1962-April 1963, p. 42, no. 102 (illustrated).
London, The Tate Gallery; Brussels, Palais des Beaux Arts and Rotterdam, Museum Boymans Van Beuningen, Arshile Gorky, Paintings and Drawings, April-August 1965, no. 85 (illustrated).
New York, M. Knoedler & Co., Gorky: Drawings, November-December 1969, p. 52, no. 144 (illustrated).
New York, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum; Dallas Museum of Fine Arts and Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Arshile Gorky, 1904-1948: A Retrospective, April 1981-February 1982, p. 220, no. 197 (illustrated).
New York, Whitney Museum of American Art; New Haven, Yale University Art Gallery and Los Angeles, Museum of Contemporary Art, Collection in Context: Gorky's Betrothals, October 1993-June 1994, no. 3 (illustrated).
New York, Whitney Museum of American Art and Houston, The Menil Collection, Arshile Gorky: A Retrospective of Drawings, November 2003-May 2004, p. 77, no. 30 (illustrated).
New York, Sidney Janis Gallery, Drawings for Principal Paintings by Gorky, September-October 1955.
New York, Sidney Janis Gallery, Late Drawings by Gorky, September-October 1959, no. 33 (illustrated).
Minneapolis, University of Minnesota, University Gallery, Gorky Drawings, October-December 1960.
New York, The Art Center of the New School, An Exhibition of Painting & Sculpture by 15 Noted Contemporary Artists, May-June 1961.
New York, The Museum of Modern Art and Washington, D.C., The Washington Gallery of Modern Art, Arshile Gorky, Paintings, Drawings, Studies, December 1962-April 1963, p. 42, no. 102 (illustrated).
London, The Tate Gallery; Brussels, Palais des Beaux Arts and Rotterdam, Museum Boymans Van Beuningen, Arshile Gorky, Paintings and Drawings, April-August 1965, no. 85 (illustrated).
New York, M. Knoedler & Co., Gorky: Drawings, November-December 1969, p. 52, no. 144 (illustrated).
New York, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum; Dallas Museum of Fine Arts and Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Arshile Gorky, 1904-1948: A Retrospective, April 1981-February 1982, p. 220, no. 197 (illustrated).
New York, Whitney Museum of American Art; New Haven, Yale University Art Gallery and Los Angeles, Museum of Contemporary Art, Collection in Context: Gorky's Betrothals, October 1993-June 1994, no. 3 (illustrated).
New York, Whitney Museum of American Art and Houston, The Menil Collection, Arshile Gorky: A Retrospective of Drawings, November 2003-May 2004, p. 77, no. 30 (illustrated).
Further Details
This work is recorded in the Arshile Gorky Foundation Archives under number D1494.
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