Study for "Year After Year"

the artist (1947–d. 1948; his estate, from 1948; their gift to Mooradian); the artist's sister, Vartoosh Mooradian, Chicago (until ca. 1962; on consignment in April 1962 to Everett Ellin Gallery, Los Angeles; on consignment in 1962 to Aaron Furman Gallery, New York; sold by Furman ca. 1962 by exchange to Newman); Muriel Kallis Steinberg Newman, Chicago (ca. 1962–2006; her gift to MMA)

Los Angeles. Everett Ellin Gallery. "Arshile Gorky: 40 Drawings from the Period 1929 thru 1947," April 9–May 5, 1962, no. 40.

Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago. "Twentieth-Century Drawings from Chicago Collectors," September 15–November 11, 1973 (as "Fireplace in Virginia").

Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago. "Drawings by Five Abstract Expressionist Painters: Willem de Kooning, Arshile Gorky, Philip Guston, Franz Kline, Jackson Pollock," January 10–February 29, 1976, unnumbered cat. (as "Fireplace in Virginia," ca. 1947, lent by a private collection, Chicago).

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "An American Choice: The Muriel Kallis Steinberg Newman Collection," May 21–September 27, 1981, unnumbered cat. (p. 154).

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Abstract Expressionism and Other Modern Works: The Muriel Kallis Steinberg Newman Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art," September 17, 2007–February 3, 2008, extended to March 2, 2008, no. 17.

Hilton Kramer. "Modernist Show Moves Met Firmly into Art of 20th Century." New York Times (May 22, 1981), p. C1.

Lisa Mintz Messinger in Abstract Expressionism and Other Modern Works: The Muriel Kallis Steinberg Newman Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Ed. Gary Tinterow, Lisa Mintz Messinger, and Nan Rosenthal. Exh. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 2007, pp. 53–56, no. 17, ill. (color).

Arshile Gorky Foundation. Arshile Gorky Catalogue Raisonné. Ed. Eileen Costello. Online resource [gorkycatalogue.org], 2025 (accessed), no. D1516, ill. (color).