
Art Institute of Chicago
After Khorkom
Arshile Gorky · 1940–42
Provenance
Ownership history
- The artist (d. 1948); by descent to his wife, Agnes Fielding Gorky Phillips, 1948; sold to Allan Stone and Howard Wise, New York, October 1963 [this and the following: letter from Howard Wise to A. James Speyer, Mar. 14, 1969, copy in curatorial object file]; Allan Stone’s share sold to Mr. and Mrs. Howard Wise, January, 1964; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1968.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- Philadelphia Museum of Art, Arshile Gorky: A Retrospective, Oct. 11, 2009–Jan. 3, 2010, cat. 61; London, Tate Modern, Feb. 3–May 9, 2010; Los Angeles, Museum of Contemporary Art, Jun. 6–Sept. 20, 2010.
Literature
Published references
- Jim M. Jordan and Robert Goldwater, “The Paintings of Arshile Gorky: A Critical Catalogue,” (New York: New York University Press, 1982), xv, 70, 294, cat. 152 (ill., as After Khorkum, (ca. 1937)).
- Michael R. Taylor, ed., Arshile Gorky: A Retrospective, exh. cat. (Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2009), 217, cat. 61 (color ill.); 389.
- Tamar Kharatishvili, "Gorky with Gorky," in Ben Eastham, ed., Arshile Gorky: New York City (New York: Hauser & Wirth Publishers, 2025), 156-157, 162-163 (color ill.).
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