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Arshile Gorky
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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Description
- Arshile Gorky
- Untitled
- inscribed Top A 9277 LEVI on the reverse
- ink on paper
- 8 1/2 by 10 in.
- 21.5 by 25.4 cm.
- Executed in 1945.
Provenance
Collection of Julien and Jean Levy, New York
Literature
Condition
This work is in very good condition overall. There is pale time staining to the sheet. The work is double sided. Framed under glass.
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
"During those same years [1944-1947], I showed the later work of the last of my Surrealist discoveries, Arshile Gorky, the painter now generally conceded to be the "eye-spring" of Abstract Expressionism. Andre Breton was the first to write of the quality of Gorky in a preface to my first exhibition of this extraordinary painter in 1945, "The Eye-Spring". Julien Levy, Memoir of an Art Gallery, New York, 1977, pp. 281-282.