ARSHILE GORKY (1904-1948)

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Lot 190 | ARSHILE GORKY (1904-1948)
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$ 200 000 – 300 000
ARSHILE GORKY (1904-1948)

Untitled (Drawing)

signed and dated 'A Gorky 46' (lower left)

wax crayon and graphite on paper

19 1/2 x 24 5/8 in. (49.5 x 62.2 cm.)

Executed in 1946.





Provenance

Julien Levy Gallery, New York, acquired directly from the artist

Julien Levy, Bridgewater, Connecticut, 1949

Anon. sale; Palais Galliera, Paris, 10 June 1972, lot 57 bis

Private collection, Italy

Private collection, Italy, by descent from the above

Anon. sale; Christie's, New York, 13 November 2013, lot 135

Acquired from the above by the present owner



Literature

J. Levy, Arshile Gorky, New York, 1966, p. 183, no. 159 (illustrated).

T. Chiaretti, Arshile Gorky, Turin, 1972, n.p.

E. Costello, ed., Arshile Gorky Catalogue Raisonné, online, 2021–ongoing, no. D1176 (illustrated).



Exhibited

New York, Julien Levy Gallery, Arshile Gorky: Colored Drawings, February–March, 1947.

Turin, Galleria Galatea, Arshile Gorky, February–March 1972.



Post Lot Text

This work is included in the Arshile Gorky Catalogue Raisonné as number D1176.
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