Live Auction 2048Post-War & Contemporary Evening Sale
Arshile Gorky (1904-1948)
Lot 48 Master Drawings of American Post-War Art: A Private Collection

Arshile Gorky (1904-1948)

Untitled (Study for Betrothal)

Closed12 November 2008

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Arshile Gorky (1904-1948)
Untitled (Study for Betrothal)
signed and dated 'a. Gorky 46' (lower right)
watercolor, pastel and crayon on paper
8 1/8 x 10 7/8 in. (21.6 x 27.6 cm.)
Executed in 1946.

Julien Levy, New York
Margarita Vidal Socas, New York
C & M Arts, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Specialist note

This work has been requested to be included in the forthcoming retrospective of the work of Arshile Gorky, organized by the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 2009. The exhibition will travel to the Tate Modern, London and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in 2010.