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    12 November 2007

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    • Arshile Gorky (1904-1948)
    Lot 668

    Arshile Gorky (1904-1948)

    Untitled

    Price realised

    USD 577,000

    Estimate

    USD 250,000 - USD 350,000

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    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 and exhibited

    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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