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Catalogue Number
ML666

Two Studies for “The Artist and His Mother”

c.1926-1934

Ink on brown paper

8 5/8 in. x 11 in. (21.9 cm x 28 cm)

Unsigned and undated

Private Collection

Two Studies for “The Artist and His Mother”
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(c) The Arshile Gorky Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Peter Schälchl

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Estate of Arshile Gorky

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Museum of Modern Art, New York.  Arshile Gorky, 1904-1948.  19 December 1962 - 12 February 1963.  Traveled to the Washington Gallery of Modern Art, Washington, DC, 12 March - 14 April 1963.  Catalogue, no. 15, b/w ill. [as The Artist and His Mother]

Tate Gallery, London, Arts Council 1965.  Arshile Gorky, Paintings and Drawings.  2 April - 2 May 1965.  Traveled to Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, 22 May - 27 June 1965; Museum Boymans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 24 July - 5 September 1965.  Catalogue, no. 16. [as The Artist and His Mother, two studies]. Rotterdam venue catalogue, no. 16.  [as The Artist and His Mother, two studies]

M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York.  Gorky: Drawings.  25 November - 27 December 1969.  Catalogue, no. 44, b/w ill. [as The Artist and His Mother]

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York. Arshile Gorky 1904 - 1948: A Retrospective.  24 April - 19 July 1981.  Traveled to Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, TX, 11 September - 8 November, 1981; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA, 3 December 1981 - 28 February 1982.  Catalogue, no. 70, b/w ill. [as The Artist and His Mother]

Sala de Exposiciones de la Fundación Caja de Pensiones, Madrid.  Arshile Gorky, 1904-1948.  17 October - 23 December 1989.  Traveled to Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, 19 January - 25 March 1990.  Catalogue, no. 63, color ill. [as The Artist and His Mother]

Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA.  Arshile Gorky: A Retrospective.  15 October 2009 - 10 January 2010.  Traveled to Tate Modern, London, 10 February - 3 May 2010; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA, 6 June - 20 September 2010.  Catalogue, no. 28, color ill.

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Harry Rand.  Arshile Gorky: The Implication of Symbols.  Montclair, NJ: Allanheld & Schram; London: George Prior, 1980, fig. 2-10, b/w ill. [as Sketches for The Artist and His Mother]