ARSHILE GORKY | STUDY FOR AGONY

Collection of Agnes Gorky Fielding, United States (acquired directly from the artist)

Galerie Marwan Hoss, Paris 

Private Collection (acquired from the above in 2003)

Christie's Paris, Collection Claude Berri, 22 October 2016, Lot 36 B

Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

"Drawing is the basis of art. A bad painter cannot draw. But one who draws well can always paint. Drawing gives the artist the ability to control his line and hand. It develops in him the precision of line and touch. This is the path towards a masterwork"

(Arshile Gorky quoted in Karen Mooradian, Arshile Gorky Adoian, Chicago, 1978, p. 276)