Untitled
c. 1944
Artist, American, born Van Province, Ottoman Empire (now Turkey), c. 1904 - 1948
Artwork overview
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Medium
graphite and crayon on wove paper, squared for transfer
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet: 48.5 x 61 cm (19 1/8 x 24 in.)
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Accession
1979.13.5
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Catalogue Raisonné
Costello, No.D1064
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Copyright
© 1997 The Estate of Arshile Gorky / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Estate of Arshile Gorky (1948);to M. Knoedler & Co. Inc., New York, March 14,1969;to Estate of Arshile Gorky, after December 1969; to Fourcade Droll Inc., New York, after February 1972; to Xavier Fourcade Inch., New York, 1976; to National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., February 7, 1979.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1962
Arshile Gorky Drawings, 1962–68, Museum of Modern Art, New York, International Council (organizer), MoMA no. 62.1055, as "Untitled Drawing," dated 1944–45, [Tokyo: no. 23, ill. in b/w; Germany: no. 22; UK: no. 24; Rotterdam: likely no. 82; Vienna: no. 22; Lisbon: no. 22; Oslo: no. 22; Lund: no. 22; Basel: no. 24; Zagreb: no. 24; Rome: no. 24, ill. in b/w; Buenos Aires: no. 25; Caracas: no. 25; Bogotá: no. 25; Mexico City: no. 25].
1969
Gorky: Drawings, M. Knoedler & Co. Inc, New York, November 25–December 27, 1969. (Exhibition catalogue: Jordan 1969), no. 90, ill. in b/w, p. 41; p. 59, as "Drawing," dated 1944–45.
1978
American Art at Mid-Century: The Subjects of the Artist, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1978-1979.
1981
Contemporary American Prints and Drawings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1981, unnumbered brochure.
2006
Arshile Gorky, Fresno Art Museum, 2006.
Bibliography
1978
Carmean, E.A., Jr. and Eliza E. Rathbone. American Art at Mid-Century: The Subjects of the Artist. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, 1978: fig.27.
Inscriptions
across top: (numbers 1-8); vertical along left edge: (numbers 1-7); in later hand, upper right verso in blue ink: 45 / Agnes Phillips collection
Markings
None.
Watermarks
None.
Wikidata ID
Q64536487