Works
Works
“Paint drips. It’s one of the things paint does. I want other painters to be able to see what I did to make the painting. Nothing Hidden.” —Ron Gorchov
Oil on linen
35 x 44 5/8 x 7 5/8 in. (112 x 89 x 20 cm)
Exhibited:
“Ron Gorchov: The Shade Between,” Maruani Mercier, Brussels, Belgium, November 14-December 21, 2019
ARCO, Madrid, Maruani Mercier, February 26-March 1, 2019
Image courtesy Maruani Mercier, Brussels
Oil on linen
96 x 78 x 12 1/2 in (243.8 x 198.1 x 31.8 cm)
Exhibited:
“Ron Gorchov,” Cheim & Read, 547 W 25th Street, New York, February 16–March 25, 2017
Oil on linen
76 1/2 x 34 1/2 x 9 in (194.3 x 87.6 x 22.9 cm)
© Photo Argenis Apolinario; Courtesy Vito Schnabel Projects
Oil on linen
65 x 55 x 9 in (139.1 x 22.9 cm)
© Photo Argenis Apolinario; Courtesy Vito Schnabel Projects
Oil on linen
38 x 55 1/10 x 12 in (96.5 x 140 x 30.5 cm)
Collection (FRAC) Fonds régional d’art contemporain Auvergne, France
Oil on linen
25 x 23 x 7 3/10 in (63.5 x 58.4 x 18.4 cm)
Private Collection
Exhibited:
2011, 'Ron Gorchov: Where the Soul Hides (Donde se oculta el alma)', Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno (CAAM), Las Palmas de Gran (Solo Exhibition, 29 Jun 2011 - 9 Oct 2011)
Published References:
2011, 'Ron Gorchov: Where the Soul Hides (Donde se oculta el alma)', Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno (CAAM), Las Palmas de Gran (Exhibition Catalogue; p 126, 154)
Oil on linen (six parts)
93 1/2 x 44 x 10 1/2 in (237.5 x 11.8 x 26.7 cm)
Exhibited:
“Ron Gorchov,” Cheim & Read, 547 W 25th Street, New York, February 16–March 25, 2017
Oil on linen (thirteen parts)
Height: 9 feet
Collection of The Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies (FAPE), New York
FAPE is a public-private partnership with the State Department dedicated to providing permanent works of American art for U.S. embassies worldwide. Gorchov’s work represents the colors from the flags of the original 13 states.
Photo: Paul Warchol
Oil on linen (four parts)
Height: 14 ft
Commentary:
”Ron Gorchov’s painting Serapis looms like a guardian over those who enter the artist’s current exhibition at Nicholas Robinson Gallery. Serapis is unmistakable as the work of any other painter than Gorchov. At 14 feet in height, it is composed of four of his concave and rounded “saddle” canvases, slightly scalloped from the bottom up. In form, Serapis recalls Gorchov’s monumental works of the ’70s, Set and Entrance, which made similar use of multi-colored monochrome canvases arranged into freestanding totems anchored by cables strung through the backs of their heavy wooden frames.” — Ben La Rocco, The Brooklyn Rail, November 2008
oil on canvas
60 x 80 x 13 in (152 x 203 x 33 cm)
Signed, titled and dated "DIOTIMA MMVI Rob Gorchov" on the stretcher.
Oil on linen
55 x 70 x 10 in
. (139.7 x 177.8 x 25.4 cm)
Collection of The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO. Purchase: acquired through the generosity of the William T. Kemper Foundation–Commerce Bank, Trustee (2007.6)
Oil on canvas
40 x 30 x 7 in (100 x 77 x 18 cm)
Published References:
2011 Ron Gorchov P.63
Oil on linen
21 x 18 x 6.5 in (53.3 x 45.7 x 16.5 cm)
Provenance:
Jack Tilton Gallery, New York
Gifford and Joann Phillips, New York
By descent from the above to the present owner
Christie’s, New York, Post-War and Contemporary Art Morning Session, May 16, 2019, Sale 16978, Lot 627
Private collection
Oil on linen
80 x 68 5/8 in. (203.2 x 174.3 cm)
Provenance:
Denver Art Museum, Denver
Private collection, New York
Annon. sale; Christie’s, New York, January 14, 2008, lot 53
Private collection (acquired from the above sale)
Christie’s Post-War & Contemporary Art, November 16, 2017, lot 956
Private collection (acquired from the above sale)
Private collection
Oil on canvas
34 3/10 x 44 in (8712 x 111.8 cm)
© Photo Argenis Apolinario; Courtesy Vito Schnabel Projects
Oil on linen
31.5 x 31.5 x 12 in (80 x 80 x 30.5 cm)
Private Collection
Exhibited:
“Ron Gorchov: Works from the 1970s,” Vito Schnabel Projects, New York, NY, November 10–January 17, 2016
Published References:
Vito Schnabel Projects, Ron Gorchov: Works from the 1970s, exhibition catalogue, 2016, Vito Schnabel Projects, New York (pl 18)
oil on canvas
31 5/16 × 31 3/4 × 7 1/8 in (79.5 × 80.65 × 18.1 cm)
Sheldon Museum of Art, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Robert E. Schweser and Fern Beardsley Schweser Acquisition Fund, through the University of Nebraska Foundation, U-6848.2018
Oil on canvas
80 x 51 in (203.2 x 129.5 cm)
Provenance:
Susanne Hilberry Gallery, Birmingham
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1979
Phillips, New York, October 30, 2019
Private collection
Oil on canvas
62.5 x 75.5 x 17 in (158.2 x 191.8 x 43.1 cm)
Collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Gifford Phillips (1224.1979)
Exhibited:
“Ron Gorchov,” Fischbach Gallery, 29 West 57th Street, New York, NY, March 5-26, 1975
“Matrix 8: Ron Gorchov,” University Art Museum, Berkeley, CA, May 1-July 31, 1978
“Artist’s Choice: Amy Sillman / The Shape of Shape,” The Museum of Modern Art, New York, October 21, 2019–April 20, 2020
Published References:
Ron Gorchov: Works from the 1970s, exhibition catalogue, 2017, Vito Schnabel Projects, New York (plate 9)
Oil and charcoal on canvas
14 x 24.7/8 x 4.1/2 in (35.6 x 63.2 x 11.4 cm)
Private collection
Charcoal on gesso on canvas
20 1/2 x 25 1/2 x 6 in (52.1 x 64.8 x 15.2 cm)
Exhibited:
Abstract! Minimalism to Now, Tilton Gallery, 8 East 76 Street New York, February 11 - April 11, 2020
Oil on canvas
24 x 21 in. (61 x 53.3 cm)
Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Gift of Arthur and Carol Goldberg (1978.154)
Exhibited:
Pratt Manhattan Center. "Recent Abstract Painting," February 21–March 15, 1974.
New York. Fischbach Gallery. "Ron Gorchov," September–October 1975 (see Art in America Review, Sep/Oct 1975 issue).
Published References:
Vito Schnabel Projects. Ron Gorchov: Works from the 1970s. Exh. cat., Palazzo Chupi. New York, 2017, ill. color pl. 7.
Oil on linen
81 x 72 3/4 x 15 11/16 in (205.7 x 184.8 x 390.8 cm)
Collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. Gofit of Dr. Lawrence Werther (91.88.2)
Oil on canvas
85 1/4 x 74 1/2 x 13 1/2 in (216.5 x 189.2 x 34.3 cm)
Private collection
Exhibited:
“Ron Gorchov: Works from the 1970s,” Vito Schnabel Projects, 360 West 11th St, New York, November 10–January 17, 2016 (catalogue)
Acrylic on canvas (multiple parts)
Collection of the Everson Museum of Art. Purchased with an NEA grant
Exhibited:
“Ron Gorchov,” Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY, March 11-31, 1972
Oil on linen (four parts)
150 x 150 in (381 x 381 cm)
Installation view: “Rooms PS1: inaugural exhibition,” PS1, Long Island City, New York, NY, June 9-26
Oil on canvas
38 x 27 in (96.5 x 68.6 cm)
Private Collection
Commentary / Description:
"Signed lower right, dated 1965, also signed and dated on the canvas verso, encased in period gold gilded frame with red ground, shows wear and missing gilt. Painting does have several minor abrasions, good overall, needs cleaning." - Burchard Galleries 2005
Oil on canvas
51 1/4 x 38 5/8 in (130.2 x 98.1 cm)
Collection of the Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT. Gift of Mr. James Merrill (1963.459)
Oil on canvas
27 1/4 x 21 1/4 in. (69.2 x 54 cm)
Private collection
Exhibited:
“Ron Gorchov,” Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York, NY, 1960
Oil on board
77.3 x 48 in (196.2 x 121.9 cm)
Private collection
Exhibited:
New York, American Federation of Arts, New Talent in the U.S.A., April 1960 - June 1961