Lot 218
  • 218

ARSHILE GORKY | Portrait of a Girl

Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 USD
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Description

  • Arshile Gorky
  • Portrait of a Girl
  • Signed Gorky (upper left)
  • Oil on canvas
  • 24 by 16 1/2 in.
  • 61 by 40.6 cm.
  • Painted circa 1927.

Provenance

Private Collection, New York (acquired from the artist)
Private Collection, New York
Thence by descent

Literature

Jim M. Jordan & Robert Goldwater, The Paintings of Arshile Gorky, A Critical Catalogue, New York, 1982, no. 24, illustrated p. 150

Condition

This work is in good and stable condition overall. The canvas has been lined. There is hairline craquelure throughout, some of which has been consolidated. The surface has been varnished. Under UV light, there are several areas of scattered minor inpainting evident throughout.
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Catalogue Note

This work is catalogued in the Arshile Gorky Foundation Archives as number P24.