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ARSHILE GORKY (1904-1948)
Untitled
wax crayon and graphite on paper
18 5/8 x 23 1/2 in. (47.3 x 59.8 cm.)
Executed circa 1944.
Provenance
Estate of Arshile Gorky 1948
Galleria dell'Obelisco, Rome
Luigi Carluccio, Turin
Isabella del Frate Inc., New York
Allan Stone Gallery, New York, 1985
Private Collection, New York, 1985
By descent from the above to the present owner
Literature
A. Basaldella, Arshile Gorky exh. cat., Rome, Galleria dell'Obelisco, 1957.
I. Brin, "Crónica de Roma", Goya, April–May 1957, p. 317 (illustrated).
"Paragone: Inghilterra–Stati Uni", Notiziario: La Medusa Studio d'Arte Contemporanea, Rome, 28 July 1961, n.p., no. 2.
G. Marchiori and F. Russoli, La pittura moderna straniera nelle collezioni private italiane, 1961, n.p., no. 186 (illustrated).
L. Mallé and L. Carluccio, Le Muse Inquietanti: Maestri del Surrealismo, 1967, n.p., no. 259 (illustrated).
E. Costello, ed., Arshile Gorky Catalogue Raisonné, online, 2021–ongoing, no. D1588 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Rome, Galleria dell'Obelisco; Bologna, Galleria La Loggia, and Milano, Galleria Montenapoleone, Arshile Gorky February-April 1957.
Turin, Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna, La pittura moderna straniera nelle collezioni private italiane, March–April 1961.
Rome, Galleria La Medusa, Paragone: Inghilterra–Stati Uniti, June 1961.
Turin, Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna, Le Muse Inquietanti: Maestri del Surrealismo, November 1967–January 1968.
Post Lot Text
This work is included in the Arshile Gorky Catalogue Raisonné as number D1588.