Arshile Gorky (1904-1948)
Property from the Collection of Harry W. and Mary Margaret Anderson
Arshile Gorky (1904-1948)

Untitled (Self-Portrait)

Details
Arshile Gorky (1904-1948)
Untitled (Self-Portrait)
pastel and graphite on paper
14 ¼ x 11 ¼ in. (36.2 x 28.6 cm.)
Executed circa 1926.
Provenance
Helen J. Ranyi Austin, Carson, Nevada, acquired directly from the artist, circa 1929
James Corcoran Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1977
Literature
H. Herrera, "Gorky's Self-Portraits: The Artist by Himself," Art in America, March/April 1976.
N. Matossian, Black Angel: The Life of Arshile Gorky, London, 1998, p. 111 (illustrated).
D. Bonetti, "Journey to the New," San Francisco Examiner Magazine, 10 September 2000, p. 12 (illustrated).
H. Herrera, Arshile Gorky: His Life and Work, New York, 2003, n.p., fig. 74 (illustrated).
P.C. Johnson, "Exhibit Reveals Gorky's Genius: Menil Collection Shows 140 of Artist's Works," Houston Chronicle, March 6, 2004, pp. 9D-10D (illustrated).
Exhibited
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, Graphic Arts Council Members Exhibition, January-March 1978, no. 31.
New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum; Dallas Museum of Art and Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Arshile Gorky 1904-1948: A Retrospective, April-July 1981, p. 70, no. 11 (illustrated).
Stanford University Museum of Art, Twentieth-Century Drawings from the Anderson Collection: Auguste Rodin to Elizabeth Murray, November 1988-February 1989, p. 30, no. 18 (illustrated on the cover).
Madrid, Sala de Exposiciones de la Fundación Caja de Pensiones and London, Whitechapel Art Gallery, Arshile Gorky 1904-1948, October 1989-March 1990, pp. 132 and 192, no. 51 (illustrated).
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Celebrating Modern Art: The Anderson Collection, October 2000-January 2001, pp. 320 and 366, no. 100, pl. 185 (illustrated).
New York, Gagosian Gallery, Arshile Gorky Portraits, March-April 2002, pp. 14 and 39 (illustrated).
New York, Whitney Museum of American Art and Houston, The Menil Collection, Arshile Gorky: A Retrospective of Drawings, November 2003-May 2004, pp. 121 and 243, no. 60 (illustrated on the back cover).
Anderson Collection at Stanford University, Salon Style: Collected Marks on Paper, March-August 2018.

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This work is recorded in the Arshile Gorky Foundation Archives under number D0001.

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