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Catalogue Entry
D0214
[Painting, Motif]
c. 1935–40
Charcoal on paper
19 x 25 1/4 in. (48.3 x 64.1 cm)
Not inscribed
Private collection
Provenance
Estate of Arshile Gorky (1948)
Private collection (1975)
[Gagosian Gallery, New York (by October 1998)]
Private collection (November 11, 1998)
[Christie's, New York, Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sale Session II, May 14, 2015, lot 428; bought in]
[Christie's, New York, Post-War and Contemporary Art Morning Session, November 16, 2017, lot 729; withdrawn]
[Christie's, New York, Private Sale]
Private collection (December 2022)
Exhibitions
1998–99b New York
Gagosian Gallery, New York, Arshile Gorky: Paintings and Drawings, 1929–1942, October 27, 1998–January 9, 1999, ill. in color, pp. 82–83 (Group 11: Untitled); p. 95, as "Untitled," dated c. 1938–40.Notes
Watermark / Stamp: Canson & Montgolfier
Canson & Montgolfier paper with watermark, lower edge: CANSON & MONTGOLFIER FRANCE; upper left: [insignia]; upper right: INGRES
Verso, in pencil, lower right [not in artist's hand]: No. 387; / [by Agnes Gorky Phillips]: Arshile Gorky by AGP; 103 [sideways]; in blue pencil: 102 [sideways]
The verso inscription information and marking are known from the records of the Arshile Gorky Foundation.
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