Harvard Art Museums > 1974.70: Parthenon Horses; verso: Study of Horse's Head and of a Man Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Parthenon Horses; verso: Study of Horse's Head and of a Man (Arshile Gorky) , 1974.70,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 29, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/309112. This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1974.70 People Arshile Gorky, American ( Vosdanig Adoian in Khorkom (present-day Dilkaya), Van Province, Ottoman Empire (present-day Turkey) 1904 - 1948 Sherman, CT) Title Parthenon Horses; verso: Study of Horse's Head and of a Man Other Titles Alternate Title: Man on Horse Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date c. 1935 Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/309112 Physical Descriptions Medium Graphite on off-white wove paper Dimensions 11.3 x 18.2 cm (4 7/16 x 7 3/16 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History Mr. and Mrs. Walter Portnoff, New York, New York. [Angus Whyte Gallery, Boston Massachusetts], sold; to Fogg Art Museum, 1974. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Anonymous Fund for Acquisitions Copyright © 2020 The Arshile Gorky Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Accession Year 1974 Object Number 1974.70 Division Modern and Contemporary Art Contact am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description Perforated at left edge where torn from sketchbook. Publication History Jim Jordan, Gorky: Drawings, exh. cat., Walker and Company (New York, NY, 1969), p.6; reproduced p. 27, fig. 36; cat. no. 36, p. 56 Brooks Joyner, The Drawings of Arshile Gorky, University of Maryland Art Department and Art Gallery (College Park, MD, 1969), p. 8; reproduced p. 30, fig. 10, cat. no. 11 (p. 55) Hayden Herrera, "The Sculptures of Arshile Gorky", Arts Magazine (March 1976), vol. L, no. 7, p. 90 Harry Cooper, Jody Patterson, and Robert Storr, Arshile Gorky: A Retrospective, exh. cat., ed. Dr. Michael R. Taylor, Philadelphia Museum of Art (Philadelphia, 2009), no. 62, repr. Exhibition History The Drawings of Arshile Gorky, University of Maryland Art Department and Art Gallery, College Park, 03/20/1969 - 04/27/1969 Gorky: Drawings, Knoedler & Co. Inc., New York, 11/25/1969 - 12/27/1969 New York School: From the First Generation, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 12/10/1975 - 01/06/1976 Under Cover: Artists' Sketchbooks, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 08/01/2006 - 10/22/2006 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Modern and Contemporary Art at am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
