Arshile Gorky (1904-1948)
The Michael Scharf Family Collection
Arshile Gorky (1904-1948)

Still Life with Palette

Details
Arshile Gorky (1904-1948)
Still Life with Palette
oil on canvas
28 x 36 in. (71.1 x 91.4 cm.)
Painted circa 1930.
Provenance
Bernard Davis, Philadelphia, acquired directly from the artist
His sale; Parke-Bernet Galleries Inc., New York, 6 May 1959, lot 100
Eugene Bernald, New York
Owen Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2002
Literature
E. Schwabacher, Arshile Gorky, New York, 1957, p. 40, no. 9 (illustrated).
M. Fitzgerald, "Arshile Gorky's The Limit," ARTS Magazine, vol. 54, March 1980, p. 112, fig. 5 (illustrated).
Arshile Gorky 1904-1948: A Retrospective, exh. cat., New York, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1981, p. 206, no. 79 (illustrated).
J. M. Jordan and R. Goldwater, The Paintings of Arshile Gorky: A Critical Catalogue, New York and London, 1982, p. 206, no. 79 (illustrated).
W.C. Seitz, Abstract Expressionist Painting in America, Cambridge and London, 1983, no. 49 (illustrated).
H. Herrera, Arshile Gorky: His Life and Work, New York, 2003, fig. 12 (illustrated).
A. Beredjiklian, Arshile Gorky: Sept Thèmes Majeurs, Suresnes, 2007, pp. 24 and 33-35.
Exhibited
New York, Whitney Museum of American Art; Minneapolis, Walker Art Center and San Francisco Museum of Art, Arshile Gorky Memorial Exhibition, January-July 1951, no. 9.
New York, Avant-Garde Gallery, Gorky, Lanskoy, Gen Paul: Early Paintings, April-May 1958, n.p. (illustrated).
New York, Owen Gallery, American Paintings, April-June 2002, n.p. (illustrated on the back cover).
Sale Room Notice
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