Arshile Gorky - 20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale London Friday, March 3, 2023 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Estate of Arshile Gorky (acquired in 1948)
    M. Knoedler & Co. Inc., New York (acquired on 3 December, 1968)
    Estate of Arshile Gorky (acquired after June 1970)
    Gifted by the above to the present owner

  • Exhibited

    New York, The Museum of Modern Art (no. 62.1108); York City Art Gallery (no. 23); London, Institute of Contemporary Arts (no. 23); Nottingham, Midland Group Gallery (no. 23); Bristol, City Art Gallery (no. 23); Edinburgh, National Gallery of Modern Art (no. 23); Brussels, Palais des Beaux Arts; Rotterdam, Boymans-van-Beuningen; Vienna, Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts (no. 55); Lisbon, Sociedade Nacional de Belas Artes (no. 55); Oslo, Kunstnernes Hus (no. 55); Lund, Lunds Konsthall (no. 55); Basel, Offentliche Kunstmuseum (no. 23); Zagreb, Galerija Grada Zagreba (no. 23); Belgrade, Galerija Doma Omaldine; Rome, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna (no. 46, illustrated); Buenos Aires, Centro de Artes Visuales del Instituto Torcuato di Tella (no. 21); Caracas, Museo de Bellas Artes (no. 21); Bogotá, Biblioteca Luis Angel Arango (no. 21); Mexico City, Galeria Universitaria Aristos (no. 21), Arshile Gorky Drawings, 1962—5 June, 1968
    New York, M. Knoedler & Co. Inc., Gorky: Drawings, 25 November - 27 December, 1969, no. 70, p. 58 (illustrated, p. 36, titled as Drawing)
    New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Arshile Gorky 1904-1948: A Retrospective, 24 April - 19 July, 1981, no. 141, p. 172 (illustrated)

Property from a distinguished collection

140

Untitled

graphite and crayon on paper
31.6 x 48.3 cm (12 1/2 x 19 in.)
Executed in 1943.

Estimate
£200,000 - 300,000 

Sold for £152,400

Contact Specialist

Simon Tovey

Specialist, Associate Director, Head of Day Sale, 20th Century & Contemporary Art
+44 20 7318 4084

stovey@phillips.com

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale

London Auction 3 March 2023