Arshile Gorky (1904-1948)
Untitled
pen, India ink and white gouache on brown paper
9¼ x 6.1/8 in. (23.6 x 15.5 cm.)
Drawn circa 1946
Provenance
Stephen Mazoh, New York.
Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Furman, Sintra, Portugal (acquired from the above, 1973).
Rui Quintela, Lisbon, Portugal.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Exhibited
New York, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Arshile Gorky 1904-48: A Retrospective, April-July 1981, no. 459.
Sale room notice
Please note the correct publication for the present work is View Editions, New York in 1946.
Lot Essay
The present work is one of a pair of drawings made as illustrations for André Breton's Jeunes Cerisiers Garantis Contre les Lièvres, published by View Editions, New York in 1946.
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