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Photo: Jerry L. Thompson
D1288
(Untitled)
1946
Graphite pencil and crayon on paper
19 1/8 x 24 7/8 in. (48.6 x 63.2 cm)
Recto, in pencil, lower left: A Gorky / 46
Verso not seen
Verso not seen
Private collection
Provenance
The artist
Julien Levy Gallery, New York (possibly by February 1947; by 1948)
Julien Levy, Bridgewater, Connecticut (1949)
William N. Copley, New York (after 1964; by 1966)
[Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc., New York, The William N. Copley Collection, November 5, 1979, lot 13]
Harold Diamond, New York (November 5, 1979)
Harry W. and Mary Margaret Anderson, Menlo Park, California (1981)
[Christie's, New York, Post-War and Contemporary Art: Morning Session, November 16, 2018, lot 613]
Private collection (November 16, 2018)
Exhibitions
1947a New York possibly
Julien Levy Gallery, New York, Arshile Gorky: Colored Drawings, February 18–25, 1947.1964 New Haven possibly
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut, Max Ernst and Arshile Gorky from the Collection of Julien Levy, March 19–May 3, 1964, no. 26, as "Drawing".1969 College Park possibly
J. Millard Tawes Fine Arts Center, University of Maryland Art Department and Art Gallery, College Park, The Drawings of Arshile Gorky, March 20–April 27, 1969. (Exhibition catalogue: Joyner 1969), no. 34 (Drawings, Sketches, Gouaches), p. 54, as "Untitled".1978d New York
Washburn Gallery, New York, Arshile Gorky, In Memory, November 2–28, 1978, no. 11, as "Untitled".1981–82 New York
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Arshile Gorky 1904–1948: A Retrospective, April 24–July 19, 1981, no. 230, ill. in b/w, p. 242, as "Untitled". Traveled to: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, September 12–November 6, 1981; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, December 3, 1981–February 28, 1982.1988–89 Stanford
Stanford University Museum of Art, California, Twentieth-Century Drawings from the Anderson Collection: Auguste Rodin to Elizabeth Murray, November 15, 1988–February 19, 1989, no. 19, as "Untitled".1989–90 Madrid
Sala de Exposiciones de la Fundación Caja de Pensiones, Madrid, Arshile Gorky, 1904–1948, October 17–December 23, 1989, no. 84, ill. in color, p. 150, as "Untitled". Traveled to: Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, January 19–March 25, 1990.2000–01 San Francisco
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Celebrating Modern Art: The Anderson Collection, October 7, 2000–January 15, 2001, no. 101, ill. in color, pl. 177, p. 313, as "Untitled".2003–04b New York
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, Arshile Gorky: A Retrospective of Drawings, November 20, 2003–February 15, 2004, no. 94, ill. in color, p. 171; p. 244, as "Untitled," [exhibited in New York only]. Traveled to: Menil Collection, Houston, March 5–May 9, 2004.2009–10 Philadelphia
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Arshile Gorky: A Retrospective, October 15, 2009–January 10, 2010. (Exhibition catalogue: Taylor 2009a), pl. 151, ill. in color, p. 312; p. 392, as "Untitled". Traveled to: Tate Modern, London, February 10–May 3, 2010 (Gale 2010); Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, June 6–September 20, 2010 (Gale 2010).2018 Stanford
Stanford University Museum of Art, California, Salon Style: Collected Marks on Paper, March 8–August 20, 2018, as "Untitled".2024b New York
Adler Beatty, New York, Manic Pixie Nightmare Drawings, March 21–May 3, 2024, as "Untitled".Literature
Reiff 1963a
Reiff, Robert. "The Late Works of Arshile Gorky: A Critical Estimate." Art Journal (New York) 22, no. 3 (Spring 1963), fig. 4, ill. b/w, p. 152, as "Drawing".Levy 1966
Levy, Julien. Arshile Gorky. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1966. Monograph, pl. 165, ill. in b/w, p. 189, as "Untitled".Reiff 1976
Reiff, Robert. "Arshile Gorky's Object Matter." Arts Magazine (New York) 50, no. 7 (March 1976), ill. in b/w, p. 93, as "Drawing".Seitz 1983
Seitz, William C. Abstract Expressionist Painting in America. Cambridge, MA and London: Harvard University Press for the National Gallery of Art, 1983.Baker 2000
Baker, Kenneth. "Borrowed Glory." San Francisco Chronicle, October 5, 2000, discussed p. E3, as Untitled.Notes
Watermark / Stamp: Strathmore
Strathmore paper with blindstamp, lower left: STRATHMORE / [thistle] / ARTIST
Commentary
Based on the fact that this drawing was known to have been in the inventory of the Julien Levy Gallery, it is probable, though unconfirmed, that it was included in the gallery's exhibition Arshile Gorky: Colored Drawings which opened in mid-February 1947.
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