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Arshile Gorky
Estimate
200,000 - 300,000 USD
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Description
- Arshile Gorky
- Untitled
- pastel and graphite on paper
- 20 by 27 1/2 in. 50.8 by 69.8 cm.
- Executed in 1943-1944, this work is registered in the archives of the Arshile Gorky Foundation as number D1532.
Provenance
Agnes Gorky Phillips, Connecticut
Obelisco Gallery, Rome
Private Collection, Italy (acquired in June 1957)
By descent to the present owner from the above
Obelisco Gallery, Rome
Private Collection, Italy (acquired in June 1957)
By descent to the present owner from the above
Exhibited
Rome, Obelisco Gallery; Bologna, La Galleria La Loggia, Arshile Gorky, February - April 1957
Arezzo, Galleria Comunale d'Arte Contemporanea, Mostra Inaugurale, May - June 1965
Arezzo, Galleria Comunale d'Arte Contemporanea, Mostra Inaugurale, May - June 1965
Condition
This work is in very good condition overall. The lateral edges are partially deckled. There are artist's pinholes in all 4 corners which may have led to minor tears in the bottom left and upper right corners. The edges of the sheet have discolored slightly with age. There is evidence of foxing throughout. There are graphite smudges on the sheet which are inherent to the artist's working method and chosen medium. The colors are bright and fresh. There are scattered pinpoint light brown spot accretions, mostly concentrated near the yellow form in the upper right quadrant and along the left side. The verso of the sheet exhibits some additional light brown accretions which are not visible from the front of the sheet. The sheet is hinged verso intermittently to the matte. Framed under Plexiglas.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
"[In Virginia] his imagination had been set free as he focused on his surroundings. He told Agnes that he 'saw the trees as battles and horses in Uccello, and he saw the knights in armor and everything alive, their arrangements against the sky or against the hillside. He saw everything in tensions and relations of shapes to each other.'" Nouritza Matossian, Black Angel: A Life of Arshile Gorky, London, 1998, p. 349