After Khorkom

1940–42

Arshile Gorky
American, born Ottoman Empire (Present Day Turkey) c.1904–1948

Status: On View, Gallery 395
Department: Contemporary Art

Artist: Arshile Gorky
Title: After Khorkom
Place: United States (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1940–1942
Medium: Oil on canvas
Inscriptions: No inscriptions.
Dimensions: 91.4 × 121.3 cm (36 × 47 3/4 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Wise
Reference Number: 1968.418
Copyright: © 2018 The Arshile Gorky Foundation / The Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Jim M. Jordan and Robert Goldwater, “The Paintings of Arshile Gorky: A Critical Catalogue,” (New York University Press, 1982), pp. 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), pp. 217, cat. 61 (color ill.); 389.

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.

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.

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