ARSHILE GORKY (1904-1948)
ARSHILE GORKY (1904-1948)
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ARSHILE GORKY (1904-1948)

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ARSHILE GORKY (1904-1948)
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oil and grit on canvas
14 x 24 in. (35.6 x 61 cm.)
Executed circa 1930.
Provenance
Hans Burkhardt, New York, acquired directly from the artist, circa 1937
His sale; Sotheby's Parke-Bernet, New York, 8 June 1977, lot 53
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick K. Baer, South Bend, Indiana
Private collection, Scottsdale, by descent from the above
Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago/New York and Valerie Carberry Gallery, Chicago
Acquired from the above by the late owner, 2005
Literature
J.-L. Bordeaux, "Arshile Gorky: His Formative Period (1925-1937)," American Art Review, No. 4, May-June 1974, pp. 95 and 97 (illustrated; dated 1932-1933).
J. M. Jordan and R. Goldwater, The Paintings of Arshile Gorky: A Critical Catalogue, New York, 1982, pp. 46 and 228-229, pl. 100 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Pasadena Art Museum, Paintings by Arshile Gorky, January-February 1958.
La Jolla Museum of Art, Arshile Gorky Paintings and Drawings, 1927-1937, February-March 1963, no. 5 (dated 1932).

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