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Arshile Gorky

Study for 'Agony'

Lot Closed

July 14, 02:52 PM GMT

Estimate

6,000 - 8,000 EUR

Lot Details

Description

Arshile Gorky

1904 - 1948

Study for 'Agony'


wax crayon and India ink on paper

Executed in 1946


This work is recorded in the Arshile Gorky Foundation Archives under the number D1548. This drawing is one of nine fragments cut from an untitled composition completed by Gorky in 1946, which was later divided into nine discrete sections between circa 1957-1964.


(pastelli a cera e china su carta

Eseguito nel 1946


Opera registrata presso l'Arshile Gorky Foundation Archives con il numero D1548. Questo disegno è uno dei nove frammenti di una composizione senza titolo completata da Gorky nel 1946 e successivamente suddivisa in nove sezioni distinte tra il 1957 e il 1964 circa.)


cm 25,7x30,5; inches 10.11 by 12

Framed: cm 41,5x47x3; inches 16.33 by 18.50 by 1.18

Estate of the artist

Galleria Blu, Milan

Private Collection

Christie's New York, Post-War and Contemporary Art Morning Session, 18 May 2018, lot 752

Acquired from the above by the present owner (Ivi acquistato dall'attuale proprietario)


“Notizie”, La Medusa Studio D’Arte Contemporenea, July 1961, illustrated