Sale 2104
New York
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12 November 2007
Price realised
USD 577,000
Estimate
Arshile Gorky (1904-1948) Untitled signed 'A. Gorky' (lower right) oil on canvas 8 x 10 in. (20.2 x 25.4 cm.) Painted in 1938.
Provenance
Acquired from the artist Mr. and Mrs. William Muschenheim Karpetta Arts, Geneva
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Literature
J.M. Jordan and R. Goldwater, The Paintings of Arshile Gorky, A Critical Catalogue, New York, 1982, p. 303, no. 161 (illustrated; dated circa 1937).
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