ARSHILE GORKY | Untitled

Estate of the artist
Private Collection
Sotheby Parke-Bernet, New York, 12 May 1977, Lot 270
Allan Stone Gallery, New York
Sid Deutsch Gallery, New York
Collection of François and Harvey Rambach, New Jersey (acquired in 1981)
Gerald Peters Gallery, New York (acquired in 1999)
James Goodman Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2004

Youngstown, The Butler Institute of American Art, Masterpieces of American Modernism: The Rambach Collection, January - April 1998, illustrated 
New York, Gerald Peters Gallery, American Modernism: The Francoise and Harvey Rambach Collection, September - November 1999, pp. 132 and 280, illustrated
London, Gagosian Gallery, Drawings, January - March 2004, p. 39, illustrated in color

This work is in very good condition overall. There is light evidence of handling to the edges of the sheet, including minor creasing of the upper left corner and a minor loss to the sheet at the lower left corner. The sheet is somewhat discolored and there are areas of more pronounced discoloration along each edge. There are scattered areas of graphite smudging throughout the work, inherent to the artist’s working method. Under very close inspection, a few faint pinpoint spot accretions are scattered throughout the work. The sheet is cornered into the mat. Framed under Plexiglas.
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This work is registered in the Archives of the Arshile Gorky Foundation as number D1249.