Nighttime, Enigma, and Nostalgia

1932 · Drawing

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Not on view at present

Where is “Nighttime, Enigma, and Nostalgia” now? Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Not on view at present. Checked October 12, 2026.

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.

Checked: 13 hours ago
In this state since: Aug 19, 2026
Source: The museum

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Accession number: 1992.110.1

What it shows

Mixed motif

In the catalog

Drawings & watercolors Pen and ink Modernism 20th century American

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National Gallery of Art
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In the life of Arshile Gorky

The whole life

1925–1931
Teaches at the Grand Central School of Art
Edmund Greacen of the Grand Central Art Galleries asked Gorky to teach at the Grand Central School of Art in New York, and he stayed there until 1931; his notable students included Revington Arthur. Other accounts say he taught there from 1926.
1930
Group exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art
Works by the members of the group to which Gorky belonged were shown at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
1930s
Collaboration with Davis, de Kooning and Graham
In the 1930s Gorky worked closely with Stuart Davis, Willem de Kooning and John Graham.
1931
First solo exhibition in Philadelphia
Gorky’s first solo exhibition took place at the Mellon Galleries in Philadelphia.
1931
Works sent to the Downtown Gallery
Gorky sent a group of works priced from $100 to $450 to the Downtown Gallery in New York. Abby Aldrich Rockefeller bought his Cézannesque still life “Fruit” from the gallery; Gorky may have been introduced to its owner by Stuart Davis, who exhibited there regularly.