ARSHILE GORKY | STUDY FOR NIGHTTIME, ENIGMA AND NOSTALGIA

ARSHILE GORKY
1904 - 1948
STUDY FOR NIGHTTIME, ENIGMA AND NOSTALGIA

ink on paper
Sheet: 19 by 24 in. (48.3 by 61 cm.)
Framed: 29½ by 34⅝ in. (74.9 by 87.9 cm.)
Executed circa 1930-34.

This work is recorded in the Arshile Gorky Foundation Archives under registration number D0162.

Condition Report:
This work is in very good condition overall. The sheet is hinged at the corners of the reverse to the backing board. There are several artist pinholes in each of the four corners. There is scattered stray media throughout the composition. The sheet is overall slightly discolored, consistent with the age of the work. There is slight undulation to the sheet and handling wear to the edges and corners, visible upon close inspection. There is a ⅛ by ½ inch areas in the upper left corner which appears to have undergone restoration, visible upon very close inspection. There is a 2 in soft crease in the upper left corner, visible upon close inspection. Framed under Plexiglas.

Provenance:
Estate of the artist

Private Collection, New York (acquired from the above)

Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, Saint Louis

Sotheby's New York, 11 May 2006, Lot 127

Private Collection, New York

Sotheby's, New York, 16 May 2007, Lot 125

Acquired at the above sale by the present owner