Lot Essay
This work is recorded in the Arshile Gorky Foundation Archives under number D1548.
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WORKS ON PAPER FROM THE TWENTIETH CENTURY AVANT-GARDESThe Collection of a Scholar, Sold to Benefit Humanitarian Causes
Arshile Gorky (1904-1948)
Study for 'Agony'
Details
Arshile Gorky (1904-1948)
Study for 'Agony'
wax crayon and India ink on paper
10 1/8 x 12 in. (25.7 x 30.5 cm.)
Executed in 1946.
Study for 'Agony'
wax crayon and India ink on paper
10 1/8 x 12 in. (25.7 x 30.5 cm.)
Executed in 1946.
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Galleria Blu, Milan
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Galleria Blu, Milan
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
“Notizie,” La Medusa Studio D’Arte Contemporenea, July 1961 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Rome, Obelisco Gallery, Arshile Gorky, February 1957.
Milan, Galleria Blu, Arshile Gorky, 1964 (illustrated).
Milan, Fondazione Antonio Mazzotta, Il disegno del nostro secolo: Prima parte, da Klimt a Wols, April-July 1994, p. 353, no. 238 (illustrated).
Turin, Galleria Benappi, Il disegno del Novecento, 2015, p. 124, no. 38 (illustrated).
Milan, Galleria Blu, Arshile Gorky, 1964 (illustrated).
Milan, Fondazione Antonio Mazzotta, Il disegno del nostro secolo: Prima parte, da Klimt a Wols, April-July 1994, p. 353, no. 238 (illustrated).
Turin, Galleria Benappi, Il disegno del Novecento, 2015, p. 124, no. 38 (illustrated).