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Head
Details
ARSHILE GORKY (1904-1948)
Head
signed 'Gorky' (center left)
gouache on paperboard
image: 12 ½ x 8 7⁄8 in. (31.8 x 22.5 cm.)
paperboard: 15 ¾ x 12 ¾ in. (40 x 31.2 cm.)
Executed circa 1931-1933.
Head
signed 'Gorky' (center left)
gouache on paperboard
image: 12 ½ x 8 7⁄8 in. (31.8 x 22.5 cm.)
paperboard: 15 ¾ x 12 ¾ in. (40 x 31.2 cm.)
Executed circa 1931-1933.
Provenance
Private collection, New York
Private collection, South Orange, New Jersey, circa 1979
Private collection, circa 1984
James Goodman Gallery, New York, 1984
Allan Stone Gallery, New York
Private collection, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1985
By descent from the above to the present owner
Private collection, South Orange, New Jersey, circa 1979
Private collection, circa 1984
James Goodman Gallery, New York, 1984
Allan Stone Gallery, New York
Private collection, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1985
By descent from the above to the present owner
Literature
J. M. Jordan, "Gorky at the Guggenheim," Art Journal, New York, 41, no. 3, Fall 1981, p. 262, fig. 16 (illustrated; titled Painting).
T. F. Wolff, "Gorky—Crucial Artist of America's Postwar Era," Christian Science Monitor, Boston, 13 May 1981, p. 18, (illustrated; titled Painting).
D. Rosenberg Karp, Arshile Gorky: The Language of Art. Ph.D. dissertation, Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, 1982, p. 224, fig. 56 (illustrated).
E. Costello, ed., Arshile Gorky Catalogue Raisonné, online, 2021–ongoing, no. D0852 (illustrated).
T. F. Wolff, "Gorky—Crucial Artist of America's Postwar Era," Christian Science Monitor, Boston, 13 May 1981, p. 18, (illustrated; titled Painting).
D. Rosenberg Karp, Arshile Gorky: The Language of Art. Ph.D. dissertation, Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, 1982, p. 224, fig. 56 (illustrated).
E. Costello, ed., Arshile Gorky Catalogue Raisonné, online, 2021–ongoing, no. D0852 (illustrated).
Exhibited
New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Arshile Gorky 1904-1948: A Retrospective, April-July 1981, pp. 29 and 84, no. 27 (illustrated).
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