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Arshile Gorky (1904-1948)
- Seated Woman with Vase

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Arshile Gorky (1904-1948)
Seated Woman with Vase
Price Realized
(Set Currency)
  • $86,500
  • Price includes buyer's premium
Estimate
    $50,000 - $70,000

Sale Information

Sale 2168
Post War and Contemporary Art Morning Session
14 May 2009
New York, Rockefeller Plaza





Lot Description

Arshile Gorky (1904-1948)
Seated Woman with Vase
signed and dated 'A. Gorky 27' (lower right)
oil on cardboard
11½ x 7 7/8 in. (29.2 x 20 cm.)
Painted in 1927.

Pre-Lot Text

SOLD BY THE ORDER OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN TO BENEFIT ITS ACQUISITIONS PROGRAM

Provenance

Acquired from the artist
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1942
Gifted to the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden from the above, 1966

Literature

J.M. Jordan & R. Goldwater, The Paintings of Arshile Gorky: A Critical Catalogue, New York, 1982, pp. 33, 195, no. 70 (illustrated).
J. Levy, Arshile Gorky, New York, 1966, p. 43 (illustrated).

Exhibited

University Art Museum, The University of Texas at Austin; San Francisco Museum of Art; Purchase, Neuberger Museum; Utica, Museum of Art, Munson-Williams Proctor Institute, Arshile Gorky: Drawings to Paintings, October 1975-May 1976 (illustrated).
Washington, D.C., The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Arshile Gorky: The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection, October-November 1979, no. 2, p. 19 (illustrated).
New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum; Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Arshile Gorky: A Retrospective, April 1981-February 1982, no. 62 (illustrated).

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