Lot 98
  • 98

Arshile Gorky

Estimate
7,000 - 9,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Arshile Gorky
  • Composition: A Double-Sided Drawing
  • signed
  • pencil on buff paper
  • sight: 14 by 9 5/8 in.
  • 35.5 by 24.5 cm.
  • Executed in 1935.

Condition

Not examined out of frame; both sides visible. RECTO: In good condition aside from slight discoloration. Overall handling creaes. L-shaped tear center left. Small hole lower left corner. VERSO: mat window cut smaller: 14 by 9 1/2 in. Two areas of discoloration long right edge, one area is around aforementioned L-shaped tear. Scattered abrasions lower right and one area lower left.
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