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																	Arshile Gorky

Arshile Gorky

( American, 1904 - 1948 )

Head

Arshile Gorky

( Armenian, 1904 - 1948 )

Head

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Materials:

Oil on board mounted on canvas

Measurements:

30.25 in. (76.83 cm.) (height) by 11.13 in. (28.26 cm.) (width)

Description:

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Markings:

Signed A. Gorky (center left)

Exhibited:

New York, Art Students League of New York, . Art Exhibition for the Benefit of the Armenian War Relief, 1942, no. 227. New York, The Museum of Modern Art & Washington, D.C., Washington Gallery of Modern Art, . Arshile Gorky, 1962-63, no. 29 (titled . Untitled

Literature:

Harold Rosenberg,. " Arshile Gorky His Art and His Influence," in . Art News Annual , vol. V, 1961, illustrated p. 104. Jim Jordan & Robert Goldwater, . The Paintings of Arshile Gorky: A Critical Catalogue , New York, 1982, no. 87, illustrated p. 87

Provenance:

Armenian War Relief Benefit (donated by the artist in 1942). Mr. Haroutune Hazarian, New York (acquired from the above). Margit Chanin, Ltd., New York (acquired by 1962). Sale: Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, January 27, 1965, lot 155. Gallery Gertrude Stein, New York. M.A. Griben, Tarzana, California. Michael Long, United States (acquired by 1982). Solomon & Co., New York. Acquired from the above

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