Study for The Artist and His Mother, c. 1934-1936

Inscription

across top: (numbers 1-19); vertical along right edge: (numbers 1-24); in later hand, vertical along left edge verso: PORTRait of the ARTiST / with his MOtheR/ Agnes Phillips Collection

Marks and Labels

None.

Provenance

by descent to Agnes Gorky, the artist's wife; (Estate of Arshile Gorky, Xavier Fourcade, Inc., New York); purchased 1979 by NGA.

Exhibition History

1962

Arshile Gorky, 1904–1948, Museum of Modern Art, New York, December 19, 1962–February 12, 1963. (Exhibition catalogue: Seitz 1962), no. 16, ill. in b/w, p. 17; p. 53, as "The Artist and His Mother," n.d.

1965

Arshile Gorky: Paintings and Drawings, Tate Gallery, London; Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels; Museum Boymans-Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, 1965, no. 17, repro.

1969

Gorky: Drawings, M. Knoedler & Co. Inc, New York, November 25–December 27, 1969. (Exhibition catalogue: Jordan 1969), no. 45, ill. in b/w, p. 30; p. 57, as "The Artist and His Mother," dated c. 1936.

1977

Malerei und Photographie im Dialog von 1840 bis Heute, Kunsthaus ZurichMay 13–July 24, 1977, no. 53, ill. in b/w, p. 31, as "Zeichnung zum Gemälde "Arshile Gorky mit seiner Mutter"".

1981

Arshile Gorky 1904–1948: A Retrospective, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, April 24–July 19, 1981, no. 74, ill. in b/w, p. 121, as "Portrait of the Artist and His Mother," dated c. 1936.

1989

Arshile Gorky, Fundacion Caja de Pensiones, Madrid; The Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, 1989-1990.

2002

Arshile Gorky Portraits, Gagosian Gallery, New York, 2002, unnumbered catalogue reproduction.

2003

Arshile Gorky Drawings Retrospective, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; The Menil Collection, Houston, 2003-2004, no. 57.

2006

Arshile Gorky, Fresno Art Museum, 2006, plate 57.

2009

Arshile Gorky: A Retrospective, Philadelphia Museum of Art; Tate Modern, London; The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, 2009-2010, no. 29, repro. (shown only in Philadelphia).

Bibliography

1978

Carmean, E.A., Jr. and Eliza E. Rathbone. American Art at Mid-Century: The Subjects of the Artist. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, 1978: fig.11.

1981

Waldman, D., Arshile Gorky, 1904-1948 : a retrospective. New York, 1981: 74.

1984

Lader, Melvin P. "Arshile Gorky's The Artist and His Mother: Further Study of its Evolution, Sources, and Meaning." Arts Magazine 58, no. 5 (January 1984): 98, 99, fig. 4; 99 note 27.

2002

Arshile Gorky Portraits. Exh. cat. Gagosian Gallery, New York, 2002: p. 23.

2009

Taylor, Michael R. ed. Arshile Gorky: A Retrospective. Exh. cat., Philadelphia Museum of Art; Tate Modern, London, England; the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, 2009-2010, no. 29.

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