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Leonard & Louise Riggio: Collected Works
ARSHILE GORKY (1904-1948)
Virginia Pastel
Details
ARSHILE GORKY (1904-1948)
Virginia Pastel
crayon, India ink and graphite on paper laid down on canvas
20 5⁄8 x 27 ½ in. (52.4 x 69.9 cm.)
Executed circa 1943.
Virginia Pastel
crayon, India ink and graphite on paper laid down on canvas
20 5⁄8 x 27 ½ in. (52.4 x 69.9 cm.)
Executed circa 1943.
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Xavier Fourcade Inc., New York, 1978
Victoria and S.I. Newhouse Jr., New York, 1984
Marc de Montebello Fine Art Inc., New York, circa 1990
Private collection, New York
Anon. sale; Sotheby’s, New York, 15 November 1995, lot 4
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Xavier Fourcade Inc., New York, 1978
Victoria and S.I. Newhouse Jr., New York, 1984
Marc de Montebello Fine Art Inc., New York, circa 1990
Private collection, New York
Anon. sale; Sotheby’s, New York, 15 November 1995, lot 4
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Literature
J. Levy, Arshile Gorky, New York, 1966, p. 120, pl. 96 (illustrated; dated circa 1944).
"Mirror of Memory: Gorky's Cruel Change," Mizue, vol. 9, no. 894, September 1979, p. 21 (illustrated).
D. Anfam, “Arshile Gorky: Tradition and Identity,” Antique Collector, vol. 61, no. 2, February 1990, p. 29, fig. 4 (illustrated).
J. Tully, “Auction Reviews: Contemporary Art,” Art & Auction, vol. 18, no. 6, January 1996, p. 89.
E. Costello, ed., Arshile Gorky Catalogue Raisonné, New York, digital, 2022-ongoing, no. D0998 (illustrated).
"Mirror of Memory: Gorky's Cruel Change," Mizue, vol. 9, no. 894, September 1979, p. 21 (illustrated).
D. Anfam, “Arshile Gorky: Tradition and Identity,” Antique Collector, vol. 61, no. 2, February 1990, p. 29, fig. 4 (illustrated).
J. Tully, “Auction Reviews: Contemporary Art,” Art & Auction, vol. 18, no. 6, January 1996, p. 89.
E. Costello, ed., Arshile Gorky Catalogue Raisonné, New York, digital, 2022-ongoing, no. D0998 (illustrated).
Exhibited
London, Tate Gallery, Arshile Gorky: Paintings and Drawings, April-May 1965, n.p., no. 65 (titled and dated Virginia Landscape, circa 1944).
Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts and Rotterdam, Museum Boymans van Beuningen, Arshile Gorky: Paintings and Drawings, May-September 1965, n.p., no. 87 (titled and dated Landschap in Virginia / Virginia landscape, circa 1944).
New York, M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., Gorky: Drawings, November-December 1969, pp. 37 and 58, no. 73 (illustrated; dated 1943-1944).
Southampton Art Gallery; Sheffield, Graves Art Gallery; Sunderland Art Gallery; Dundee, City Art Gallery; Oxford, Museum of Modern Art and London, Serpentine Gallery, Arshile Gorky: Paintings and Drawings, December 1975-April 1977, n.p., no. 24 (titled and dated Virginia Landscape, 1944).
New York, Xavier Fourcade Inc., Arshile Gorky: Important Paintings and Drawings, April 1979, n.p. (illustrated; titled and dated Virginia Landscape, circa 1944).
New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum; Dallas Museum of Fine Arts and Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Arshile Gorky, 1904-1948: A Retrospective, April 1981-February 1982, pp. 182-183, no. 153 (illustrated; dated 1943-1944).
Madrid, Sala de Exposiciones de la Fundación Caja de Pensiones and London, Whitechapel Art Gallery, Arshile Gorky, 1904-1948, October 1989-March 1990, p. 147, no. 76 (illustrated; dated 1943-1944).
New York, Hauser & Wirth, Arshile Gorky: New York City, September-October 2024.
Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts and Rotterdam, Museum Boymans van Beuningen, Arshile Gorky: Paintings and Drawings, May-September 1965, n.p., no. 87 (titled and dated Landschap in Virginia / Virginia landscape, circa 1944).
New York, M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., Gorky: Drawings, November-December 1969, pp. 37 and 58, no. 73 (illustrated; dated 1943-1944).
Southampton Art Gallery; Sheffield, Graves Art Gallery; Sunderland Art Gallery; Dundee, City Art Gallery; Oxford, Museum of Modern Art and London, Serpentine Gallery, Arshile Gorky: Paintings and Drawings, December 1975-April 1977, n.p., no. 24 (titled and dated Virginia Landscape, 1944).
New York, Xavier Fourcade Inc., Arshile Gorky: Important Paintings and Drawings, April 1979, n.p. (illustrated; titled and dated Virginia Landscape, circa 1944).
New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum; Dallas Museum of Fine Arts and Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Arshile Gorky, 1904-1948: A Retrospective, April 1981-February 1982, pp. 182-183, no. 153 (illustrated; dated 1943-1944).
Madrid, Sala de Exposiciones de la Fundación Caja de Pensiones and London, Whitechapel Art Gallery, Arshile Gorky, 1904-1948, October 1989-March 1990, p. 147, no. 76 (illustrated; dated 1943-1944).
New York, Hauser & Wirth, Arshile Gorky: New York City, September-October 2024.
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