ARSHILE GORKY (1904-1948) PIRATE II, 1943 Huile sur toile Signée et datée '43 en haut à droite. 76,2 x 91,4 cm Oil on canvas. Signed and dated '43 upper right. 30 x 36 in. Provenance : Acquis auprès de l'artiste en 1945. Expositions : Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago, Arshile Gorky (étiquette n° 1233.1982 au dos). Philadelphia, Whitney Museum of American Art, Convulsive Beauty, 1988 (étiquette au dos; n° CBb88-278.1). New York, Julien Levy Gallery, Arshile Gorky, 1905-1948, 1948, n° 4 (titré The Pirate, daté 1945). New York, Museum of Modern Art , Arshile Gorky: Paintings, Drawings, Studies (by William C. Seitz, with a foreword by Julien Levy), 1962, n° 46, rep. p. 28 (étiquette au dos; loan 62.1092 Levy). Yale University Art Gallery, Max Ernst, Arshile Gorky from the Collecttion of Julien Levy, 1964, n° 19, rep. s.p. New York, Washburn Gallery, Arshile Gorky - In Memory, 1978, n° 1. New York, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Arshile Gorky, 1904-1948: A Retrospective, 1981, n° 127, rep. s.p. Bibliographie : Julien Levy, Arshile Gorky, New York, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 1966, n° 88, rep. p. 29, rep. s.p. Jim M. Jordan, Robert Goldwater, The Paintings of Arshile Gorky. A Critical Catalogue, New York, Londres, New York University Press, 1982, n° 260, rep. p. 408. Hayden Herrera, Arshile Gorky: His Life and Work, Londres, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2003, rep. n° 116. 1 100 000 / 1 300 000 €