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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1972.37
People
Arshile Gorky, American ( Vosdanig Adoian in Khorkom (present-day Dilkaya), Van Province, Ottoman Empire (present-day Turkey) 1904 - 1948 Sherman, CT)
Title
Untitled
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Pencil Sketch
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1946
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/308948

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite on dark cream laid paper
Dimensions
24 x 31.7 cm (9 7/16 x 12 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: graphite, u.r.: A Gorky 46

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Arshile Gorky, gift; to Ethel Kremer Schwabacher (c. 1946-1948 - c. 1950-1955), gift; to Wolfe Wolfinsohn, Cambridge Massachusetts (c. 1950-1955 - 1972), gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1972.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Wolfe Wolfinsohn
Copyright
© 2020 The Arshile Gorky Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Accession Year
1972
Object Number
1972.37
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Arshile Gorky: Drawings to Paintings, exh. cat., University of Texas at Austin (Austin, TX, 1975), checklist, p. 106

Exhibition History

  • Arshile Gorky: Drawings to Paintings, University of Texas at Austin Art Museum, Austin, 10/12/1975 - 11/23/1975; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, 12/04/1975 - 01/12/1976; Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, 02/10/1976 - 03/14/1976; Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, Utica, 04/04/1976 - 05/09/1976

Verification Level

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