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Catalogue Entry
D0215
[Drawing for an Unrealized Mural Project]
c. 1936
India ink on paper
5 x 6 in. (12.7 x 15.2 cm)
Not inscribed
Private collection
Provenance
Likely Estate of Arshile Gorky (1948)
Harold Diamond, New York (by 1965)
Allan Stone Gallery, New York (April 1965)
Estate of Allan B. Stone (2006)
Private collection (2016)
Exhibitions
1981–82 New York
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Arshile Gorky 1904–1948: A Retrospective, April 24–July 19, 1981, no. 96, ill. in b/w (detail), p. 139, as "Untitled," dated mid-1930s. Traveled to: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, September 12–November 6, 1981; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, December 3, 1981–February 28, 1982.Literature
Karp 1982
Karp, Diane. "Arshile Gorky: The Language of Art." Ph.D. diss., University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1982, fig. 60, ill. in b/w (detail), p. 228, as "Untitled".Notes
The verso inscription information is known from a photograph provided by Scott Krawitz of Alvarez Fine Art Services Inc.
Commentary
The column at far left of the composition and the cropped doorframe at lower center suggest that the drawing is related to a mural project (see also D0219). The project, however, is unidentified and presumed unrealized. The overall composition is directly related to Gorky's oil on canvas Painting (P173), which he dated to 1936–37.
Related Work
Theme: Mural
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