Live Auction 2150First Open Post-War and Contemporary Art
Arshile Gorky (1904-1948)
Lot 80 Property from a Private American Collection 

Arshile Gorky (1904-1948)

Study for Painting

Closed11 March 2009

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USD 35,000

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Arshile Gorky (1904-1948)
Study for Painting
India ink, ink and graphite on paper
10 x 14 7/8 in. (25.4 x 37.9 cm.)
Drawn circa 1932.

Acquired from the artist
Anon. sale; Sotheby's, New York, 2 May 1974, lot 151
Anon. sale; Christie's, New York, 12 May 2004, lot 101
C&M Arts, New York, acquired at the above sale
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Specialist note

This work is a preliminary study for Painting, 1936-1937, that is in the collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art.