Lot Essay
This work is recorded in the Arshile Gorky Foundation Archives under number D1291.
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Arshile Gorky (1904-1948)
Details
Arshile Gorky (1904-1948)
Fireplace in Virginia
inscribed and dated 'To my Mougouch Arshile 46' (center left)
ink, crayon and graphite on paper
11 1/8 x 13 1/8 in. (28.8 x 33.9 cm.)
Executed in 1946.
Fireplace in Virginia
inscribed and dated 'To my Mougouch Arshile 46' (center left)
ink, crayon and graphite on paper
11 1/8 x 13 1/8 in. (28.8 x 33.9 cm.)
Executed in 1946.
Provenance
Agnes Gorky Fielding, New York, 1957
Galleria dell'Obelisco, Rome
Private collection, 1957
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Galleria dell'Obelisco, Rome
Private collection, 1957
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
E. Schwabacher, Arshile Gorky, New York, 1957, p. 116, no. 50 (illustrated).
R. Reiff, A Stylistic Analysis of Arshile Gorky's Art from 1943-1948, New York and London, 1977, p. 304 (illustrated).
H. Rand, Arshile Gorky: The Implications of Symbols, Montclair and London, 1980, pp. 137-138, fig. 8-6 (illustrated).
R. Reiff, A Stylistic Analysis of Arshile Gorky's Art from 1943-1948, New York and London, 1977, p. 304 (illustrated).
H. Rand, Arshile Gorky: The Implications of Symbols, Montclair and London, 1980, pp. 137-138, fig. 8-6 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Rome, Galleria dell'Obelisco, Arshile Gorky, February 1957, no. 28. Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art, American Art at Mid-Century: The Subjects of the Artist, 1978, fig. 46 (illustrated).
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