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Photo: Peter Schälchli

P231

(Flowers)

c. 1938–42

Oil on canvas

10 13/16 x 8 11/16 in. (27.5 x 22 cm)

Front not inscribed
Reverse not seen

Private collection

Provenance

Estate of Arshile Gorky (1948)

Private collection (1975)

Private collection

Exhibitions

1975–77 AC–London

Arts Council of Great Britain, London (organizer), Arshile Gorky: Paintings and Drawings, 1975–77, no. 8, as "Flowers in Vase on Blue Cloth," dated c. 1938-41. Traveled to: Southampton Art Gallery, United Kingdom, December 12, 1975–February 22, 1976; Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield, United Kingdom, April 3–May 2, 1976; Sunderland Art Gallery, United Kingdom, June 5–August 15, 1976; City Art Gallery, Dundee, United Kingdom, August 21–November 27, 1976; Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, United Kingdom, December 19, 1976–January 16, 1977; Serpentine Gallery, London, March 12–April 11, 1977.

Literature

Jordan 1982b

Jordan, Jim M. "Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings." In The Paintings of Arshile Gorky: A Critical Catalogue, by Jim M. Jordan and Robert Goldwater. New York and London: New York University Press, 1982, no. 231, ill. in b/w, p. 378, as "Flowers".

Related Work

Theme: Still Life

Record last updated August 2, 2023. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.

Citation: Costello, Eileen, ed. "(Flowers), c. 1938–42, P231." In Arshile Gorky Catalogue Raisonné. New York: The Arshile Gorky Foundation. www.gorkycatalogue.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=1995 (accessed on April 25, 2024).