Details
ARSHILE GORKY (1904-1948)
Untitled (The Horns of the Landscape)
graphite and wax crayon on paper laid down on canvas
19 x 24 in. (48.3 x 61 cm.)
Executed in 1944
Provenance
Estate of the artist.
Galleria dell'Obelisco, Rome.
World House Galleries, New York.
Marilyn and Bernard Brodsky, New York (1958).
Stephen Mazoh & Co., New York.
Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York.
Acquired from the above by the late owner, 2002.
Literature
P. Johnson, "Exhibit Reveals Gorky's Genius: Menil Collection Shows 140 of Artist's Works," Houston Chronicle, 6 March 2004, p. 10D.
E. Costello, ed., Arshile Gorky Catalogue Raisonné, New York, 2022-ongoing, no. D1139 (illustrated in color).
Exhibited
Rome, Galleria dell'Obelisco, Arshile Gorky February 1957.
Cambridge, Hayden Gallery, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Drawings by Five Abstract Expressionist Painters: Arshile Gorky Willem de Kooning Jackson Pollock Franz Kline Philip Guston February–March 1975, no. 15.
New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Arshile Gorky 1904–1948: A Retrospective, April-July 1981, p. 165, no. 132 (illustrated).
New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Arshile Gorky A Retrospective of Drawings, November 2003-February 2004, pp. 62 and 242 (illustrated in color, pl. 24).
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On occasion, Christie's has a direct financial interest in the outcome of the sale of certain lots consigned for sale. This will usually be where it has guaranteed to the Seller that whatever the outcome of the auction, the Seller will receive a minimum sale price for the work. This is known as a minimum price guarantee. This is such a lot.
Details
ARSHILE GORKY (1904-1948)
Untitled (The Horns of the Landscape)
graphite and wax crayon on paper laid down on canvas
19 x 24 in. (48.3 x 61 cm.)
Executed in 1944
Provenance
Estate of the artist.
Galleria dell'Obelisco, Rome.
World House Galleries, New York.
Marilyn and Bernard Brodsky, New York (1958).
Stephen Mazoh & Co., New York.
Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York.
Acquired from the above by the late owner, 2002.
Literature
P. Johnson, "Exhibit Reveals Gorky's Genius: Menil Collection Shows 140 of Artist's Works," Houston Chronicle, 6 March 2004, p. 10D.
E. Costello, ed., Arshile Gorky Catalogue Raisonné, New York, 2022-ongoing, no. D1139 (illustrated in color).
Exhibited
Rome, Galleria dell'Obelisco, Arshile Gorky February 1957.
Cambridge, Hayden Gallery, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Drawings by Five Abstract Expressionist Painters: Arshile Gorky Willem de Kooning Jackson Pollock Franz Kline Philip Guston February–March 1975, no. 15.
New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Arshile Gorky 1904–1948: A Retrospective, April-July 1981, p. 165, no. 132 (illustrated).
New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Arshile Gorky A Retrospective of Drawings, November 2003-February 2004, pp. 62 and 242 (illustrated in color, pl. 24).
Special Notice
On occasion, Christie's has a direct financial interest in the outcome of the sale of certain lots consigned for sale. This will usually be where it has guaranteed to the Seller that whatever the outcome of the auction, the Seller will receive a minimum sale price for the work. This is known as a minimum price guarantee. This is such a lot.
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