Untitled (Study for "The Liver is the Cock's Comb")
Date
1943
Artist
Arshile Gorky, American, b. Dilkaya, Turkey, 1904–1948
Provenance
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, to November 1958
William Zierler, Evansville, Indiana, from November 1958
Leo Castelli Gallery, New York
Kay Hillman, New York, to 13 June 1963
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 13 June 1963-17 May 1966
Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Exhibition History
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Arshile Gorky: The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection," 4 October-25 November 1979, catalogue by Phyllis D. Rosenzweig, no. 20, colorpl. p. 14; pp. 34-35, ill.; p. 44.
BRAINERD ART GALLERY, STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, Potsdam. "The Benefactors: Three Twentieth Century Patrons of the Arts, Solomon R. Guggenheim, Joseph H. Hirshhorn, Roy R. Neuberger," 19 October-9 November 1980, p. 11, ill. p. 30.
SOLOMON R. GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM, New York. "Arshile Gorky: A Retrospective," 23 April-19 July 1981, no. 156, ill. Tour: DALLAS MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, 11 September-8 November; LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART, 3 December-28 February 1982.
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION TRAVELING EXHIBITION SERVICE, Washington, DC (organizer). "Surrealist Art: Selections from the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden," fig. 46, p. 48. Tour: JOSLYN ART MUSEUM, Omaha, 22 March-4 May 1986; FINE ARTS CENTER AT CHEEKWOOD, Nashville, 26 June-7 September; MONTGOMERY MUSEUM OF FINE ART, Alabama, 27 September-9 November; VASSAR COLLEGE ART GALLERY, Poughkeepsie, New York, 29 November-11 January 1987; SOCIETY OF THE FOUR ARTS, Palm Beach, Florida, 31 January-15 March; IBM GALLERY OF SCIENCE AND ART, New York, 4 April-17 May.
MODERN ART MUSEUM OF FORT WORTH (organizer). "Arshile Gorky: The Breakthrough Years," 13 January-17 March 1996, no. 27, p. 142, ill. Tour: NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART, Washington, DC, 14 May-17 September 1995; ALBRIGHT-KNOX ART GALLERY, Buffalo, 13 October-31 December.
WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, New York. "Arshile Gorky: A Retrospective of Drawings," 20 November 2003-15 February 2004, cat. (toured to the Menil Collection but not exhibited).
Published References
None recorded
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School
Abstract Expressionism (First Generation)
Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Data Source
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Accession Number
66.2146
Type
Drawing
Medium
Pencil and crayon on paper
Dimensions
20 3/4 × 27 11/16 in. (52.6 × 70.3 cm) [irreg.]
