Arshile Gorky - 20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session New York Wednesday, November 15, 2023 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Helen Austin (acquired directly from the artist circa 1927)
    James Corcoran Gallery, Los Angeles
    Nicholas Wilder, Los Angeles (acquired from the above circa 1970s)
    Thence by descent to the present owner

  • Exhibited

    Grand Central Galleries, circa 1927–1929
    Montclair Art Museum; The Baltimore Museum of Art; Phoenix Art Museum, Cézanne and American Modernism, September 13, 2009–September 26, 2010, no. 46, pp. 208, 210, 342 (illustrated, p. 210)

  • Literature

    Jim Jordan and Robert Goldwater, The Paintings of Arshile Gorky: A Critical Catalogue, New York, 1982, no. 25, p. 151 (illustrated)
    Eileen Costello, ed., Arshile Gorky Catalogue Raisonné, New York, ongoing, no. P025, online (illustrated)

179

Portrait of Helen Austin

signed "Gorky" upper right
oil on canvas laid on board
19 1/8 x 15 1/8 in. (48.6 x 38.4 cm)
Painted in 1927.

Estimate
$30,000 - 50,000 

Sold for $25,000

Contact Specialist

Annie Dolan
Specialist, Head of Sale, Morning Session
+1 212 940 1288
adolan@phillips.com

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session

New York Auction 15 November 2023