Lot 143
  • 143

Arshile Gorky

Estimate
150,000 - 200,000 USD
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Description

  • Arshile Gorky
  • Vase of Flowers
  • signed
  • oil on canvas
  • 25 3/8 by 20 3/8 in. 64.5 by 51.8 cm.
  • Executed circa 1938-1942, this work is catalogued in the Arshile Gorky Foundation Archives as number P368.

Provenance

Edwin Dickinson, New York
Ansley and Esther Hoyt Sawyer, Buffalo
Private Collection, Cleveland
Hirschl & Adler, New York (acquired in March 1982)
Acquired by the present owner from the above in January 1990

Condition

This work is in good condition overall. There is some fine and stable craquelure scattered on the canvas. The original canvas has been relined and mounted on a wax-lined canvas. The edges of the original canvas are slightly irregularly cut. Under Ultraviolet light inspection, there is no evidence of restoration. Framed.
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